Patents by Inventor Steven CARDINALI
Steven CARDINALI 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).
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Publication number: 20220323674Abstract: Wearable fluid delivery devices and pump systems having a bistable valve for setting a fluid path in one of a fluid fill state or a fluid delivery state are described. For example, in one embodiment, a fluid pump system for a wearable fluid delivery device may include a pump chamber to store a fluid, a fluid path valve operable with the pump chamber, the fluid path valve may include a fixed portion and a movable portion, a shaft configured to move along the fixed portion to engage the movable portion responsive to a force imparted by an actuator, the movable portion comprising an offset to deflect movement of the shaft to cause the movable portion to pivot from one of a first position to a second position to the other of the first position or the second position responsive to being engaged by the shaft. Other embodiments are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Maya KURZMAN, Steven CARDINALI, Kyle BREINGAN
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Patent number: 11458250Abstract: Reservoir systems with improved wake up and fill volume detection techniques are provided. An example reservoir system may include a flexible reservoir and electrical components for detecting fill volume of the flexible reservoir without adversely affecting performance of the flexible reservoir when receiving or dispensing a liquid drug.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: INSULET CORPORATIONInventors: Kenneth Phillips, Steven Cardinali, David Nazzaro
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Patent number: 11446435Abstract: A multiple pulse volume shuttle pump powered by a shape memory alloy (SMA) wire is disclosed. In some embodiments, a shuttle pump system may include a pump chamber, a valve operable with the pump chamber, and a wire coupled to a valve shaft of the valve for controlling a position of the valve. The shuttle pump system may further include a pin disposed within an inset pathway of a cam, wherein the pin is moveable between multiple positions of the inset pathway in response to actuation of the valve shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: INSULET CORPORATIONInventors: Steven Cardinali, Lucas McGahren, Nicholas Lau, Ian McLaughlin
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Publication number: 20220288304Abstract: A novel embodiment of a pump system, for example, of the type that would be used in a wearable drug delivery system, comprises, in a preferred embodiment, a reservoir, a plunger, disposed within the reservoir and driven by a scissor mechanism connected to a drive mechanism through a linkage, such that a force imparted by the drive mechanism in causes the scissor mechanism to expand thereby causing the plunger move within the reservoir to force a liquid drug contained within the reservoir through a fluid port to a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Soroush KAMRAVA, Steven CARDINALI, Ian QUINN
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Publication number: 20220273927Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques, processes, devices or systems including a floating microneedle assembly decoupled from the device and protected by a pump housing. In one approach, a wearable drug delivery device may include a pump housing including a base attachable to a user, and a microneedle assembly coupled to a cannula. The microneedle assembly may be operable to deliver a liquid drug to the user, wherein the microneedle assembly comprises a carrier positioned proximate an opening of the base, and wherein the carrier comprises a plurality of microneedles operable to extend through the opening of the base to penetrate a skin of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Maureen MCCAFFREY, Steven CARDINALI, Jason O'CONNOR
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Publication number: 20220233764Abstract: Disclosed herein are wearable drug delivery devices and methods for component positioning of a linear shuttle pump. In some approaches, a pump may include a pump chamber operably coupled with a piston, and a detent apparatus, wherein the detent apparatus comprises a detent body, a detent arm, and a detent engagement member. The detent engagement member may be retained in direct physical contact with first or second arrest locations of either the detent body or the detent arm. The pump may further include a piston grip coupled to the piston, the piston grip including a grip component engaged with an exterior of the piston. Movement of the piston grip may cause the piston to move axially relative to the pump chamber to control receipt and delivery of a liquid drug.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Andrew BOWSER, Steven CARDINALI
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Publication number: 20220218898Abstract: An improved wearable drug delivery device and method for removal are provided. In some embodiments, a device may include a device body coupled to an adhesive layer, and a removal element coupled to the adhesive layer. The removal element may include an end section proximate a perimeter of the adhesive layer and a central section connected to the end section, wherein a force applied to the end section causes the central section to transition from a first configuration to a second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: David NAZZARO, Ian MCLAUGHLIN, Steven CARDINALI, Alexander DOUDOUMOPOULOS
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Patent number: 11369735Abstract: Disclosed herein are wearable drug delivery devices and methods for component positioning of a linear shuttle pump. In some approaches, a pump may include a pump chamber operably coupled with a piston, and a detent apparatus, wherein the detent apparatus comprises a detent body, a detent arm, and a detent engagement member. The detent engagement member may be retained in direct physical contact with first or second arrest locations of either the detent body or the detent arm. The pump may further include a piston grip coupled to the piston, the piston grip including a grip component engaged with an exterior of the piston. Movement of the piston grip may cause the piston to move axially relative to the pump chamber to control receipt and delivery of a liquid drug.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: INSULET CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew Bowser, Steven Cardinali
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Patent number: 11331425Abstract: Disclosed herein are wearable drug delivery devices and methods for component positioning of a linear shuttle pump. In some approaches, a pump may include a pump chamber operably coupled with a piston, and a detent apparatus, wherein the detent apparatus comprises a detent body, a detent arm, and a detent engagement member. The detent engagement member may be retained in direct physical contact with first or second arrest locations of either the detent body or the detent arm. The pump may further include a piston grip coupled to the piston, the piston grip including a grip component engaged with an exterior of the piston. Movement of the piston grip may cause the piston to move axially relative to the pump chamber to control receipt and delivery of a liquid drug.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: INSULET CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew Bowser, Steven Cardinali
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Publication number: 20220105260Abstract: Examples of fluid delivery drive system and/or pump system that creates a vacuum in a fluid line for drawing and expelling fluid are provided. The vacuum may be created by separating two components that are positioned within the sealed fluid line. Once the two components are separated and the fluid is contained within the volume created between the separated components, the two components may be shuttled within the sealed volume. The movement of the two components can seal off an inlet to the fluid line and then open a pathway to an outlet from the fluid line while ensuring the created volume between the two components is maintained constant. The two components can then be moved back together to expel the fluid from the created volume through the outlet for delivery, for example, to a patient. Other examples are disclosed and described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Insulet CorporationInventors: Steven CARDINALI, Daniel ALLIS, Ian HANSON, Maureen MCCAFFREY, Chris GOETCHIUS
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Publication number: 20220105267Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing an insertion process for a plurality of penetrating elements are described. For example, a wearable fluid infusion device may include a cannula and/or needle for infusing a fluid into a patient and a sensor for sensing a physical characteristic of the patient. A non-limiting example of a fluid may be or may include insulin. An illustrative and non-restrictive example of a physical characteristic may include a blood glucose level. The wearable infusion device may be configured to facilitate insertion of the multiple penetrating elements, such as a cannula and a sensor, in a single simultaneous insertion step instead of requiring individual insertion steps for each of multiple penetrating elements. Other embodiments are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, David NAZZARO, Ian MCLAUGHLIN
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Publication number: 20220096749Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to approaches for more efficiently measuring glucose levels using a wearable drug delivery device. In some embodiments, the wearable drug delivery device may include a needle deployment component including a cannula and an optical conduit deployable into a user, the cannula operable to deliver a liquid drug to the user. The wearable drug delivery device may further include a glucose monitor including an optical sensor, the optical sensor operable to measure a light output received via the optical conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, David NAZZARO, Ian MCLAUGHLIN
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Publication number: 20220088303Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing an insulin infusion process are described. For example, an apparatus may include at least one memory and logic coupled to the at least one memory. The logic may operate to determine a basal parameter for a patient based on a type 2 diabetes (T2D) multiple daily injection (MDI) information of the patient, the basal parameter indicating a basal infusion rate, determine an additional insulin (Iadd) value based on a mean blood glucose difference (BGdiff) information associated with the patient, determine an insulin volume to infuse into the patient based on the basal parameter and Iadd, and administer the insulin volume to the patient. Other embodiments are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Joon Bok LEE, Yibin ZHENG, Steven CARDINALI, Jason O'CONNOR
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Publication number: 20220061706Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for performing a blood glucose monitoring process are described. For example, an apparatus may include at least one memory and logic coupled to the at least one memory. The logic may operate to determine patient monitoring information associated with a diabetic treatment of a patient, generate at least one monitoring information structure based on the patient monitoring information, generate at least one monitoring information image based on at least a portion of the at least one monitoring information structure, and process the at least one monitoring information image using a computational model to determine a blood glucose condition of the patient. Other embodiments are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Ashutosh ZADE, Joon Bok LEE, Yibin ZHENG, Steven CARDINALI
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Publication number: 20220062552Abstract: Exemplary embodiments may perform data analytics on data regarding a user of a medicament delivery device and data regarding other users of like medicament delivery devices to provide insights and guide management of the medicament delivery device for the user. The data analytics may be so called “big data” analytics that are performed on large data sets. The data analytics may be performed on various types of data to help determine what actions, if any, the remote management should take. The data analytics may be performed by the software on the remote management device or by other computational resources, such as by other servers or cloud computing resources. Exemplary embodiments may provide for remote management of a medicament delivery device. The management may be remote in that the management is performed via a remote management device, such as a computing device, that is remotely located from the medicament delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Ashutosh Zade, Jay Jantz, Yibin Zheng, Trang Ly, Joon Bok Lee, Jason O'connor, Ian Mclaughlin, Nicholas Conte, Steven Cardinali
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Patent number: 11229736Abstract: Examples of fluid delivery drive system and/or pump system that creates a vacuum in a fluid line for drawing and expelling fluid are provided. The vacuum may be created by separating two components that are positioned within the sealed fluid line. Once the two components are separated and the fluid is contained within the volume created between the separated components, the two components may be shuttled within the sealed volume. The movement of the two components can seal off an inlet to the fluid line and then open a pathway to an outlet from the fluid line while ensuring the created volume between the two components is maintained constant. The two components can then be moved back together to expel the fluid from the created volume through the outlet for delivery, for example, to a patient. Other examples are disclosed and described.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Insulet CorporationInventors: Steven Cardinali, Daniel Allis, Ian Hanson, Maureen McCaffrey, Chris Goetchius
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Publication number: 20210369981Abstract: A wearable drug delivery device that can deliver a liquid drug stored in a container to a patient or user is provided. A soft needle or cannula can be placed in fluid communication with the liquid drug and can be coupled to a needle insertion component that provides access to the patient. A drive system of the drug delivery device can expel the liquid drug from the container to the patient through the soft needle or cannula. The wearable drug delivery device can include components for preventing backflow and eliminating air within the liquid drug. As a result, the comfort of the patient can be enhanced and correct drug dosages can be provided when using the drug delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, David NAZZARO, Lawrence S. RING
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Patent number: 11147931Abstract: A wearable drug delivery device that can deliver a liquid drug stored in a container to a patient or user is provided. A soft needle or cannula can be placed in fluid communication with the liquid drug and can be coupled to a needle insertion component that provides access to the patient. A drive system of the drug delivery device can expel the liquid drug from the container to the patient through the soft needle or cannula. The wearable drug delivery device can include components for preventing backflow and eliminating air within the liquid drug. As a result, the comfort of the patient can be enhanced and correct drug dosages can be provided when using the drug delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: INSULET CORPORATIONInventors: Steven Cardinali, David Nazzaro, Lawrence S. Ring
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Publication number: 20210313037Abstract: A system, techniques, and computer-readable media includes examples that provide an indication of an early exercise detection are described. An example of an early exercise detection application executed by a processor may cause the processor to perform functions and be operable to obtain image data including metadata from a camera of a mobile device during, for example, an unlock procedure of a mobile device. The processor may determine whether the obtained image data includes location or timestamp information in metadata or has image data that may be recognized as exercise-related objects. Based on the determinations, the processor may output an indication of early exercise detection to an artificial pancreas application, which is operable to adjust an amount of insulin to be delivered to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Jason O'CONNOR, Ian MCLAUGHLIN, Daniel ALLIS, Paul Frederick BENTE, IV, Steven CARDINALI, Joon Bok LEE
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Publication number: 20210259590Abstract: Disclosed are examples that include receiving information related to ingestion of a meal. The information may include a coarse indication of a size of the meal, a relative time of ingestion of the meal, and a general composition indication of the meal. A blood glucose measurement value received within a predetermined time range of a relative time of ingestion of the meal may be identified. Settings for a delay and an extend parameter and a delivery constraint may be determined. A meal model may be modified using the determined settings for the delay parameter, the extend parameter, and the delivery constraint. The modified meal model may be used to determine a dose of insulin to be delivered in response to the received information. An instruction indicates a determined dose of insulin to be delivered may be output for delivery to a drug delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Thomas METZMAKER, Nicholas CONTE, Ian MCLAUGHLIN, Joon Bok LEE, Paul Frederick BENTE, Ashutosh ZADE, Steven CARDINALI