Patents by Inventor Robert J. Dowd

Robert J. Dowd 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).

  • Patent number: 12268981
    Abstract: Disclosed is a valve assembly, having: a valve duct having an upstream end, a downstream end and a duct wall extending from the upstream end to the downstream end; a first conduit extending from a first end at the valve duct to a second end spaced apart from the first end, the first conduit terminating at a valve assembly component; and a washing filter that includes filer media, wherein the filter media extends into the valve duct to remove particles and provide a clean flow to the first conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: August M. Coretto, David J. Zawilinski, Scott W. Simpson, Peter J. Dowd, Robert DeFelice, John M. Dehais
  • Publication number: 20230140143
    Abstract: Glucose measurements are received and features for corresponding time periods over a time window are generated, the features being values indicating whether the user has been engaging in beneficial diabetes management behaviors. Using the aggregated features patterns indicating that beneficial diabetes management behaviors are not being engaged in are identified. Potential behavior modification feedback is generated by including in the potential behavior modification feedback at least one behavior modification feedback, for each of the identified patterns, that a user could take to engage in beneficial diabetes management behavior. At least one of the potential behavior modification feedback is selected and displayed or otherwise presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Giada Acciaroli, Margaret A. Crawford, Mark Derdzinski, Lauren H. Jepson, Sarah Kate Pickus, Robert J. Dowd, Apurv U. Kamath
  • Publication number: 20230138673
    Abstract: Feedback regarding diabetes management by a user is generated, such as feedback identifying improvements in glucose measurements for a given time period over previous days, feedback identifying sustained positive patterns, feedback identifying deviations in glucose measurements between time periods, feedback identifying potential behavior modification that a user could take to engage in beneficial diabetes management behavior, feedback identifying what a user's glucose would have been had the particular events or conditions not occurred or not been present, and so forth. A feedback presentation system analyzes the identified feedback and selects feedback based on various rankings, rules and conditions for display to the user. The selected feedback is provided to the user at various times, such as regular reports (e.g., daily or weekly reports), in real time (e.g., notifying the user what his glucose level would have been had he not just taken a walk), and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret A. Crawford, Mark Derdzinski, Giada Acciaroli, Robert J. Dowd, Lauren H. Jepson, Sarah Kate Pickus, Apurv U. Kamath
  • Publication number: 20230135175
    Abstract: Glucose level measurements or other data regarding a user are obtained over time, such as from a wearable glucose monitoring device being worn by the user. These glucose level measurements or other data are analyzed based on various rules to determine time periods during a day of, for example, good diabetes management by the user and provide feedback indicating such to the user. Good diabetes management is identified in various manners, such as by identifying improvements in glucose measurements for a given time period over one or more previous days, identifying a time period of the day during which glucose measurements were the best, identifying sustained positive patterns (e.g., good diabetes management for a same time period in each of multiple days), and so forth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren H. Jepson, Margaret A. Crawford, Mark Derdzinski, Robert J. Dowd, Giada Acciaroli, Sarah Kate Pickus, Apurv U. Kamath
  • Publication number: 20230136188
    Abstract: Glucose level measurements and additional data regarding a user are obtained over time, such as from a wearable glucose monitoring device being worn by the user. This additional data identifies events or conditions that may affect glucose of the user, such as physical activity engaged in by the user. A glucose prediction system analyzes, for example, activity data of the user and determines when a bout of physical activity occurs. The glucose prediction system predicts what the glucose measurements of the user would have been had the physical activity not occurred, and takes various actions based on the predicted glucose measurements (e.g., provides feedback to the user indicating what their glucose would have been had they not engaged in the physical activity).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Kate Pickus, Margaret A. Crawford, Mark Derdzinski, Lauren H. Jepson, Robert J. Dowd, Giada Acciaroli, Apurv U. Kamath
  • Publication number: 20230134919
    Abstract: Glucose level measurements of a user are obtained over time, such as from a wearable glucose monitoring device being worn by the user. These glucose level measurements can be produced substantially continuously, such that the device may be configured to produce the glucose level measurements at regular or irregular intervals of time, responsive to establishing a communicative coupling with a different device, and so forth. These glucose level measurements are analyzed to detect deviations from past glucose measurements, such as glucose measurements received earlier in the day or glucose measurements received at corresponding times of one or more preceding days. Indications of detected deviations are provided to the user or communicated elsewhere, such as to a healthcare professional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Dowd, Margaret A. Crawford, Mark Derdzinski, Lauren H. Jepson, Giada Acciaroli, Sarah Kate Pickus, Apurv U. Kamath