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).

  • Publication number: 20210249115
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of a device, a system, methods and computer-readable medium products operable to implement functionality to determine and respond to a purpose of a meal. An algorithm or application may receive data that may include data related to a meal purpose from data sources and determine whether any of the data received from the plurality of data sources was received from a direct data source or an indirect data source. The data may be evaluated to determine a purpose of the meal. Based on the results of the evaluation, instructions may be generated to provide an appropriate response based on the determined purpose of the meal. The generated instructions to provide the appropriate response based on the determined purpose of the meal may be output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: David NAZZARO, Steven CARDINALI, Nicholas CONTE, Daniel ALLIS, Jason O'CONNOR, Joon Bok LEE, Ashutosh ZADE, Timothy HENNING, Thomas METZMAKER, Ian MCLAUGHLIN
  • Publication number: 20210236726
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments may provide an improved approach to automated insulin delivery by more accurately estimating the total daily insulin (TDI) of a user. As a result, less insulin is wasted by the delivery system, and the estimate of TDI more closely matches a user's actual daily insulin needs. Hence, the user need not refill the insulin reservoir excessively or need not fret unnecessarily about running out of insulin prematurely. The estimate relies on the history of actual automated insulin deliveries and thus reflects the actual insulin delivered to the user more accurately than conventional approaches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, Ashutosh ZADE, Joon Bok LEE, Jason O'CONNOR, Yibin ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20210236730
    Abstract: In an automated insulin delivery device, fuzzy logic may be applied to the responding to the possibility of a user taking additional action that may affect the blood glucose concentration. Fuzzy sets may be defined for empirically derived different likelihoods of the user taking such additional action based on correlated factors. A membership function may be provided for each fuzzy set. The membership function may provide a probability of membership in the set based on a parameter. Each fuzzy set may have a response that is reflective of the likelihood of additional user action associated with the fuzzy set. The responses by the AID device to each of these cases may reflect the probability of each such case occurring as evidenced by empirical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joon Bok LEE, Ashutosh ZADE, Jason O'CONNOR, Yibin ZHENG, Steven CARDINALI
  • Publication number: 20210170104
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device, system, methods and computer-readable medium products that provide an updated insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and an updated total daily insulin. The described processes may be used for periodic updating of the insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and the total daily insulin. The insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and/or the total may be used in the calculation of new doses of insulin that a drug delivery device may be commanded to deliver to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Yibin ZHENG, Joon Bok LEE, Steven CARDINALI, Jason O'CONNOR, Eric BENJAMIN, Ian MCLAUGHLIN, David NAZZARO, Ashutosh ZADE
  • Publication number: 20210137427
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device, system, methods and computer-readable medium products that provide techniques for evaluating and modifying a duration of insulin action setting usable by an automatic medication delivery algorithm, such as an artificial pancreas application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, Joon Bok LEE
  • Publication number: 20210128824
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew BOWSER, Steven CARDINALI
  • Publication number: 20210077719
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system, methods and computer-readable medium products that provide bolus dosage calculations by a control algorithm-based drug delivery system that provides automatic delivery of a drug, such as insulin or the like, based on sensor input. Blood glucose measurement values may be received at regular time intervals from a sensor. Using the blood glucose measurements, the control algorithm may perform various calculations and determinations to provide an appropriate bolus dosage. The appropriate bolus dosage may be used to respond to a trend in a trajectory of blood glucose measurements. In addition, a bolus dosage may also be determined by the disclosed device, system, method and/or computer-readable medium product in response to an indication that a user consumed a meal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, Joon Bok LEE, Jason O'CONNOR, Yibin ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20210016015
    Abstract: Drive systems for a drug delivery device are provided. The drive systems can be positioned within a container that stores a liquid drug to be delivered to a user. The drive systems can be coupled to a plunger positioned within the container. The drive systems can be incrementally advanced to drive the plunger further into the container, thereby expelling a portion of the stored liquid drug from the container for delivery to the user. The container can be any type of container including a pre-filled, standardized drug cartridge. The drive systems and container can be components of a wearable drug delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, David NAZZARO, Daniel ALLIS, Maureen MCCAFFREY
  • Patent number: 10874803
    Abstract: Drive systems for a drug delivery device are provided. The drive systems can be positioned within a container that stores a liquid drug to be delivered to a user. The drive systems can be coupled to a plunger positioned within the container. The drive systems can be incrementally advanced to drive the plunger further into the container, thereby expelling a portion of the stored liquid drug from the container for delivery to the user. The container can be any type of container including a pre-filled, standardized drug cartridge. The drive systems and container can be components of a wearable drug delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Cardinali, David Nazzaro, Daniel Allis, Maureen McCaffrey
  • Publication number: 20200164143
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, Lucas MCGAHREN, Nicholas LAU, Ian MCLAUGHLIN
  • Patent number: 10613666
    Abstract: Content can be using an input device without a touch-sensitive surface. In some examples, touch-down and lift-off on a non-touch-sensitive surface can be monitored by a force sensor of the input device. The position and/or motion of the input device can be tracked according to various methods including one or more of a motion and orientation sensor, a camera, or an electromagnetic- or sound-based triangulation scheme. The force data and position/motion data can be processed to generate content, including textual character input and three-dimensional objects. In some examples, the content can be generated based on tracking position and/or motion of the input device without requiring contact with a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler S. Bushnell, Steven Cardinali, Katherine E. Tong
  • Publication number: 20200023119
    Abstract: Disclosed are examples of reservoir and reservoir systems usable with a wearable drug delivery device. An example reservoir may include a flexible component coupled to a shell component. The shell component may include drainage channels to facilitate extraction of the liquid drug from the reservoir. A reservoir system example may include an exoskeleton configured around a flexible reservoir to guide the expansion and collapse of the flexible reservoir. Alternatively, one or more rigid panels may be coupled to corresponding flat surfaces of the flexible reservoir to guide the expansion and collapse of the flexible reservoir. A further reservoir example may include a flexible thin film reservoir having peel-able restraints configured to seal off corresponding sections of the reservoir, sequentially break, enabling the liquid drug to sequentially fill corresponding sections in a controlled and predicable manner. A wearable drug delivery device example suitable for utilizing the described examples is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jeff BARNES, Jackie MAC, Ian MCLAUGHLIN, David NAZZARO, Steven CARDINALI, Thomas METZMAKER
  • Publication number: 20190374708
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: Insulet Corporation
    Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, Daniel ALLIS, Ian HANSON, Maureen MCCAFFREY, Chris GOETCHIUS
  • Publication number: 20190365990
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth PHILLIPS, Steven CARDINALI, David NAZZARO
  • Publication number: 20190366010
    Abstract: Drive systems for a drug delivery device are provided. The drive systems can be positioned within a container that stores a liquid drug to be delivered to a user. The drive systems can be coupled to a plunger positioned within the container. The drive systems can be incrementally advanced to drive the plunger further into the container, thereby expelling a portion of the stored liquid drug from the container for delivery to the user. The container can be any type of container including a pre-filled, standardized drug cartridge. The drive systems and container can be components of a wearable drug delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, David NAZZARO, Daniel ALLIS, Maureen MCCAFFREY
  • Publication number: 20190151568
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Steven CARDINALI, David NAZZARO, Larry RING
  • Publication number: 20180018057
    Abstract: Content can be using an input device without a touch-sensitive surface. In some examples, touch-down and lift-off on a non-touch-sensitive surface can be monitored by a force sensor of the input device. The position and/or motion of the input device can be tracked according to various methods including one or more of a motion and orientation sensor, a camera, or an electromagnetic- or sound-based triangulation scheme. The force data and position/motion data can be processed to generate content, including textual character input and three-dimensional objects. In some examples, the content can be generated based on tracking position and/or motion of the input device without requiring contact with a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Tyler S. BUSHNELL, Steven CARDINALI, Katherine E. TONG