Patents by Inventor Roger E. Smith

Roger E. Smith 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: 20260061122
    Abstract: A device in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes a port through which the device receives and dispenses infusion liquid (e.g., insulin solution) and a container that holds the infusion liquid. The device also includes a hub at a flowpath extending between the port and the container. The hub defines a first passage and a second passage in parallel with one another. The device further includes a conditioner and a check valve at the first and second passages, respectively. The conditioner conditions liquid moving between the container and the port by passing the liquid through an adsorbent filter and a mechanical filter. The check valve causes liquid moving between the port and the container to move preferentially via the first passage when flowing in one direction and to move preferentially via the second passage when flowing in an opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20260041844
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques related to insertion of a fluid conduit (e.g., tubing connected to a fluid reservoir or a cannula sharing a pre-assembled fluid pathway with such tubing). In some embodiments, an insertion mechanism may include one or more springs (e.g., a torsion spring or a compression spring). The one or more springs may cause a trocar or a trocar slider to pierce tissue and insert the fluid conduit. The one or more springs may further cause the trocar or the trocar slider to be removed from the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Patent number: 12491314
    Abstract: A device in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes a port through which the device receives and dispenses infusion liquid (e.g., insulin solution) and a container that holds the infusion liquid. The device also includes a hub at a flowpath extending between the port and the container. The hub defines a first passage and a second passage in parallel with one another. The device further includes a conditioner and a check valve at the first and second passages, respectively. The conditioner conditions liquid moving between the container and the port by passing the liquid through an adsorbent filter and a mechanical filter. The check valve causes liquid moving between the port and the container to move preferentially via the first passage when flowing in one direction and to move preferentially via the second passage when flowing in an opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20250345517
    Abstract: Ambulatory infusion pumps, medicament reservoirs, and medicament sealing assemblies, including a variety of trocar seal assemblies and fill plug seal assemblies, plus related components, as well as component combinations and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Tom Xiaobai He
  • Publication number: 20250345516
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a cannula insertion mechanism includes a seal and a cannula carrier. The seal is configured to surround an opening of a housing, the seal including a first seal surface and a second seal surface, the first seal surface facing toward the opening, and the second seal surface facing away from the opening. The cannula carrier is configured to drive a cannula in a first direction through the opening of the housing, the cannula carrier having a first carrier surface and a second carrier surface, the first carrier surface being configured to exert a compression force on the second seal surface when the cannula carrier drives the cannula in the first direction, thereby causing the first seal surface to expand in a second direction to engage the second carrier surface via a clamping force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Patent number: 12465683
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques related to insertion of a fluid conduit (e.g., tubing connected to a fluid reservoir or a cannula sharing a pre-assembled fluid pathway with such tubing). In some embodiments, an insertion mechanism may include one or more springs (e.g., a torsion spring or a compression spring). The one or more springs may cause a trocar or a trocar slider to pierce tissue and insert the fluid conduit. The one or more springs may further cause the trocar or the trocar slider to be removed from the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Patent number: 12397109
    Abstract: Ambulatory infusion pumps, medicament reservoirs, and medicament sealing assemblies, including a variety of trocar seal assemblies and fill plug seal assemblies, plus related components, as well as component combinations and related methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Tom Xiaobai He
  • Patent number: 12390584
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a cannula insertion mechanism includes a seal and a cannula carrier. The seal is configured to surround an opening of a housing, the seal including a first seal surface and a second seal surface, the first seal surface facing toward the opening, and the second seal surface facing away from the opening. The cannula carrier is configured to drive a cannula in a first direction through the opening of the housing, the cannula carrier having a first carrier surface and a second carrier surface, the first carrier surface being configured to exert a compression force on the second seal surface when the cannula carrier drives the cannula in the first direction, thereby causing the first seal surface to expand in a second direction to engage the second carrier surface via a clamping force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20250114519
    Abstract: Infusion devices are disclosed herein. The present technology includes, for example, an infusion device for delivering a medicament to a body of a user. The device can comprise an insertion assembly comprising a cannula, a reservoir assembly comprising a reservoir configured to receive a medicament, and a trigger assembly configured to trigger insertion of the cannula into the user in response to a command from a remote computing device communicatively coupled to the infusion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Matthew William Yavorsky
  • Patent number: 12194276
    Abstract: Infusion devices are disclosed herein. The present technology includes, for example, an infusion device for delivering a medicament to a body of a user. The device can comprise an insertion assembly comprising a cannula, a reservoir assembly comprising a reservoir configured to receive a medicament, and a trigger assembly configured to trigger insertion of the cannula into the user in response to a command from a remote computing device communicatively coupled to the infusion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Matthew William Yavorsky
  • Patent number: 12178992
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are different disposable assemblies for the same reusable assembly. The different disposable assemblies include a first disposable assembly and a second disposable assembly. The first disposable assembly may be configured to be operatively coupled to the reusable assembly to deliver fluid, and the second disposable assembly may be configured to be operatively coupled to the reusable assembly to deliver fluid when the first disposable assembly is not operatively coupled to the reusable assembly. The first disposable assembly may have a first set of one or more characteristics, and the second disposable assembly may have a second set of one or more characteristics that is different from the first set of one or more characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20240390575
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an infusion device can include a reservoir configured to hold a medicament, a first epicyclic gear arrangement comprising a first output, a second epicyclic gear arrangement comprising a second output, a first trocar coupled to the first output and movably coupled to a sensor electrode, and a second trocar coupled to the second output and movably coupled to an infusion cannula that is fluidically coupled to the reservoir. Actuation of the first epicyclic gear arrangement can drive linear travel of the first trocar and/or the sensor electrode, and actuation of the second epicyclic gear arrangement can drive linear travel of the second trocar and/or the infusion cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20240374816
    Abstract: Ambulatory infusion pumps, durable assemblies, and disposable assemblies, including energy sources. reservoirs, baseplates, and related components therefor, as well as component combinations and related methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20240316265
    Abstract: Systems and methods for driving electrical motors of medicament infusion pumps are disclosed. An infusion device for delivering a medicament to a body of a user can include a reservoir to contain medicament, a dispenser to cause medicament to be moved out of the reservoir, and a motor operably coupled to the dispenser. The motor can include a stator defining a central opening and a rotor removably disposed therein. A controller coupled to the stator is configured to (1) supply a first signal to the stator to cause the rotor to rotate in a first direction for a first rotational amount less than a full rotation; and (2) to then supply a second signal to the stator to cause the rotor to rotate in a second, opposite direction for a second rotational amount greater than the first, thereby causing medicament to be dispensed from the reservoir via the dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Fatemeh Delijani
  • Patent number: 12097353
    Abstract: Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, and baseplate assemblies, including cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, inserters, and related components and batteries therefor, as well as component combinations and related methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Carla Mann Woods
  • Patent number: 12070576
    Abstract: Ambulatory infusion pumps, durable assemblies, and disposable assemblies, including energy sources, reservoirs, baseplates, and related components therefor, as well as component combinations and related methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20240252744
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques related to insertion of a fluid conduit (e.g., tubing connected to a fluid reservoir or a cannula sharing a pre-assembled fluid pathway with such tubing). In some embodiments, an insertion mechanism may include one or more springs (e.g., a torsion spring or a compression spring). The one or more springs may cause a trocar or a trocar slider to pierce tissue and insert the fluid conduit. The one or more springs may further cause the trocar or the trocar slider to be removed from the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Patent number: 11951281
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques related to insertion of a fluid conduit (e.g., tubing connected to a fluid reservoir or a cannula sharing a pre-assembled fluid pathway with such tubing). In some embodiments, an insertion mechanism may include one or more springs (e.g., a torsion spring or a compression spring). The one or more springs may cause a trocar or a trocar slider to pierce tissue and insert the fluid conduit. The one or more springs may further cause the trocar or the trocar slider to be removed from the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20240033493
    Abstract: A hydraulically actuated valve device includes a valve body having an inner cavity, an inlet channel extending to the inner cavity, an outlet channel extending from the inner cavity, and an open end that opens to the inner cavity. A septum is located in the inner cavity to seal the open end of the valve body and to receive a needle through which an operating fluid may be selectively injected into or withdrawn from the inner cavity to increase or reduce a fluid pressure in the inner cavity. A valve closing member has an unactuated state to enable a first fluid to flow from the inlet channel to the outlet channel when the fluid pressure of operating fluid in the inner cavity of the valve body is below a closing pressure, and inhibits the first fluid from flowing out of the inner cavity through the outlet channel when the operating fluid in the inner cavity of the valve body is at or above the closing pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith
  • Publication number: 20230364336
    Abstract: A device in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes a port through which the device receives and dispenses infusion liquid (e.g., insulin solution) and a container that holds the infusion liquid. The device also includes a hub at a flowpath extending between the port and the container. The hub defines a first passage and a second passage in parallel with one another. The device further includes a conditioner and a check valve at the first and second passages, respectively. The conditioner conditions liquid moving between the container and the port by passing the liquid through an adsorbent filter and a mechanical filter. The check valve causes liquid moving between the port and the container to move preferentially via the first passage when flowing in one direction and to move preferentially via the second passage when flowing in an opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventor: Roger E. Smith