Patents by Inventor Michael S. Ulrich

Michael S. Ulrich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240157052
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transitioning to sleep mode or otherwise modified glucose target range in automated insulin delivery systems. For example, sleep mode can include a lower glucose target and/or lower and narrower glucose target range because of fewer variables that affect glucose values during sleep such as eating and exercise. Due to increased stability provided by the sleep mode target range, it is desirable to transition to the sleep mode target range as quickly as possible, while ensuring the transition is done safely and does not risk low glucose or hypoglycemia by too quickly switching to the lower and narrower target range. Systems and methods disclosed herein therefore provide various approaches for safely and quickly transitioning to sleep mode or other modified target ranges in order to improve time in range by being more aggressive to get to the lower sleep mode or other target faster without risking hypoglycemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Alexandra Elena Constantin, Michael Michaud, Geoffrey A. Kruse, Thomas R. Ulrich, Paul Harris, Virginia S. Lu, Garrett Marin
  • Publication number: 20240115379
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods from delivering prosthetic devices, such as prosthetic heart valves, through the body and into the heart for implantation therein. The prosthetic devices delivered with the delivery systems disclosed herein are, for example, radially expandable from a radially compressed state mounted on the delivery system to a radially expanded state for implantation using an inflatable balloon of the delivery system. Exemplary delivery routes through the body and into the heart include transfemoral routes, transapical routes, and transaortic routes, among others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Walter Lee, Mark M. Dehdashtian, Teodoro S. Jimenez, Gilbert S. Leung, Bryan A. Janish, Michael G. Valdez, Tram Ngoc Nguyen, Timothy C. Ulrich
  • Patent number: 11951284
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transitioning to sleep mode or otherwise modified glucose target range in automated insulin delivery systems. For example, sleep mode can include a lower glucose target and/or lower and narrower glucose target range because of fewer variables that affect glucose values during sleep such as eating and exercise. Due to increased stability provided by the sleep mode target range, it is desirable to transition to the sleep mode target range as quickly as possible, while ensuring the transition is done safely and does not risk low glucose or hypoglycemia by too quickly switching to the lower and narrower target range. Systems and methods disclosed herein therefore provide various approaches for safely and quickly transitioning to sleep mode or other modified target ranges in order to improve time in range by being more aggressive to get to the lower sleep mode or other target faster without risking hypoglycemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexandra Elena Constantin, Michael Michaud, Geoffrey A. Kruse, Thomas R. Ulrich, Paul Harris, Virginia S. Lu, Garrett Marin
  • Publication number: 20150313677
    Abstract: A system for operating a catheter having a distal end adapted to be navigated in the body, and a proximal end having a handle with a translatable control and a rotatable control for acting on the distal end of the device includes a support for receiving and engaging the handle of the catheter; a translation mechanism for advancing and retracting the support to advance and retract a catheter whose handle is received in the support; a rotation mechanism for rotating the support to rotate a catheter whose handle is received in the support; a translation operator for engaging the translatable control of a catheter whose handle is received in the support and operating the translatable control to act on the distal end of the device; and a rotation operator for engaging the rotatable control of a catheter whose handle is received in the support and operating the rotatable control to act on the distal end of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Brian L. Kidd, Nathan Kastelein, Gregory A. Trees, Kevin D. Predmore, Gregory S. Kramer, Michael S. Ulrich, James B. Gleeson, Jeffrey R. Held, Timothy M. Blum
  • Publication number: 20110111881
    Abstract: Golf club heads are releasably engaged with shafts so they may be readily interchanged and/or so that the shaft orientation with respect to the club head can be readily changed. Assemblies for connecting the club head and shaft may include a shaft adapter and a head adapter. The shaft adapter may have an exterior surface extending along a first axis and a bore having a cross-sectional shape along a second axis configured to attach to a shaft member. The second end of the shaft adapter may have a cross-sectional shape of a regular polygon or a cross-sectional shape defined by splines. The head adapter has a first end and a second end along a first axis and a bore having either a shape of a regular polygon or a cross-sectional shape defined by splines along a second axis that is shaped to receive the second end of the shaft adapter in a plurality of orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Sander, Gregory A. Trees, Matthew P. Rubal, Michael S. Ulrich, Timothy J. Lastrapes, Matthew S. Young