Patents by Inventor Thomas METZMAKER

Thomas METZMAKER 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: 20260162802
    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: April 16, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    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: 20260137310
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas METZMAKER, Nicholas CONTE, Ian MCLAUGHLIN, Joon Bok LEE, Paul Frederick BENTE, IV, Ashutosh ZADE, Steven CARDINALI
  • Publication number: 20260102081
    Abstract: A monitor for determining analyte concentrations in vivo includes a housing configured to adhere to a patient’s skin, and a sensor member configured to extend from the housing into the patient’s skin. The sensor member includes at least a first working electrode and a separate second working electrode that are configured to be activated at different times upon implantation of the sensor member into the patient’s skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: William Peter Van Antwerp, Peter Rule, Thomas Metzmaker
  • Publication number: 20260103330
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing and calibrating a sensor for an analyte monitoring device includes fabricating a plurality of sensors on a same substrate using substantially uniform processes for the entire substrate, separating each of the sensors from one another, organizing the separate sensors into at least one group, the at least one group including at least four of the separate sensors, testing a representative sensor from among the separate sensors in the at least one group to determine a first sensitivity while a plurality of the separate sensors in the at least one group remain untested, assembling one of the untested sensors with the analyte monitoring device, and providing the analyte monitoring device to a patient to monitor an analyte level in the patient. The first sensitivity is applied to the sensor assembled with the analyte monitoring device to facilitate monitoring of the analyte level in the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas Metzmaker, William Peter Van Antwerp, Timothy J. Uhl, Claire Neivandt, Anna Haddad, Matthew Yavorsky, Shane A. Williams, Peter Rule
  • Publication number: 20260083400
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate generally to applicators of on-skin sensor assemblies for measuring an analyte in a host, as well as their method of use and manufacture. In some aspects, an applicator for applying an on-skin sensor assembly to a skin of a host is provided. The applicator includes an applicator housing, a needle carrier assembly comprising an insertion element configured to insert a sensor of the on-skin sensor assembly into the skin of the host, a holder releasably coupled to the needle carrier assembly and configured to guide the on-skin sensor assembly while coupled to the needle carrier assembly, and a drive assembly configured to drive the insertion element from a proximal starting position to a distal insertion position, and from the distal insertion position to a proximal retraction position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: John Michael Gray, Jennifer Blackwell, Paul V. Neale, Justen Deering England, Andrew Joncich, Cameron Brock, Peter C. Simpson, Thomas Metzmaker, Neel Narayan Shah, Mark Douglas Kempkey, Patrick John Castagna, Warren Terry, Jason Halac, Christian Michael Andre George, Daniel E. Apacible, John Charles Barry, Maria Noel Brown Wells, Kenneth Pirondini, Andrew Michael Reinhardt, Jason C. Wong, Remy E. Gagnon, David DeRenzy, Randall Scott Koplin, Alan Baldwin, Young Woo Lee, David A. Keller, Louise Emma van den Heuvel, Carol Wood Sutherland
  • Patent number: 12558479
    Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a body having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends, wherein at least part of the body is tubular and defines a cavity that extends along the longitudinal axis to facilitate delivery of medication therethrough, and a plurality of electrodes formed on a surface of the body, wherein each of the electrodes extends at least partially longitudinally along the body, with an electrical contact closer to the first end and a sensing region closer to the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: LAXMI THERAPEUTIC DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: William Peter Van Antwerp, Drew Amaral, Thomas Metzmaker
  • Publication number: 20260033758
    Abstract: A monitor for determining analyte concentrations in vivo includes a housing configured to adhere to a patient's skin, and a sensor member configured to extend from the housing into the patient's skin. The sensor member includes at least a first working electrode and a separate second working electrode that are independently connected to electronics in the housing via separate electrical connections and that function independently from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: William Peter Van Antwerp, Thomas Metzmaker, Ian Casson, Timothy J. Uhl, Landon Christopher Peik
  • Publication number: 20260033783
    Abstract: A monitor for determining analyte concentrations in vivo includes a housing configured to adhere to a patient's skin, a sensor member configured to extend from the housing into the patient's skin, and a pressure sensor positionable between part of the housing and part of the patient's skin. When pressure is exerted on the housing towards the patient's skin, the pressure sensor is configured to measure a magnitude of the pressure exerted on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas Metzmaker, William Peter Van Antwerp, Matthew Yavorsky, Peter Rule
  • Patent number: 12502132
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate generally to applicators of on-skin sensor assemblies for measuring an analyte in a host, as well as their method of use and manufacture. In some aspects, an applicator for applying an on-skin sensor assembly to a skin of a host is provided. The applicator includes an applicator housing, a needle carrier assembly comprising an insertion element configured to insert a sensor of the on-skin sensor assembly into the skin of the host, a holder releasably coupled to the needle carrier assembly and configured to guide the on-skin sensor assembly while coupled to the needle carrier assembly, and a drive assembly configured to drive the insertion element from a proximal starting position to a distal insertion position, and from the distal insertion position to a proximal retraction position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: John Michael Gray, Jennifer Blackwell, Paul V. Neale, Justen Deering England, Andrew Joncich, Cameron Brock, Peter C. Simpson, Thomas Metzmaker, Neel Narayan Shah, Mark Douglas Kempkey, Patrick John Castagna, Warren Terry, Jason Halac, Christian Michael Andre George, Daniel E. Apacible, John Charles Barry, Maria Noel Brown Wells, Kenneth Pirondini, Andrew Michael Reinhardt, Jason C. Wong, Remy E. Gagnon, David DeRenzy, Randall Scott Koplin, Alan Baldwin, Young Woo Lee, David A. Keller, Louise Emma van den Heuvel, Carol Wood Sutherland
  • Patent number: 12495994
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Metzmaker, Nicholas Conte, Ian McLaughlin, Joon Bok Lee, Paul Frederick Bente, IV, Ashutosh Zade, Steven Cardinali
  • Publication number: 20250359821
    Abstract: A monitor for determining analyte concentrations in vivo, includes a housing configured to adhere to the skin of a subject, an elongate sensor body configured to extend from the housing into the skin of the subject, an analyte sensing region positioned on the sensor body such that the analyte sensing region is configured to be held in the dermis of the skin of the subject, and at least one engagement surface configured to facilitate increased anchoring of the sensor body in the skin of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: William Peter Van Antwerp, Roshanne Malekmadani, Matthew Yavorsky, Thomas Metzmaker, Michael Larkin
  • Publication number: 20250228472
    Abstract: A method of operating an analyte monitor including a sensor, a transmitter, and a battery, includes inserting the sensor under a patient's skin, and connecting the analyte monitor with an external device. Operation of the analyte monitor is automatically activated after the sensor is inserted under the patient's skin and prior to the analyte monitor being connected with the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas Metzmaker, Shane A. Williams, Timothy J. Uhl
  • Publication number: 20250185950
    Abstract: A system and method for wireless transmission of glucose data. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a system, including: a glucose sensor; a beacon transmitter; and a processing circuit connected to the glucose sensor and the beacon transmitter, the processing circuit being configured to transmit a data packet, the data packet including measurement data including a measurement value, the measurement value being based on a glucose measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Timothy J. UHL, Shane A. WILLIAMS, Romeo CHAHINE, Thomas METZMAKER
  • Patent number: 12300375
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Nazzaro, Steven Cardinali, Nicholas Conte, Daniel Allis, Jason O'Connor, Joon Bok Lee, Ashutosh Zade, Timothy Henning, Thomas Metzmaker, Ian McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 12295749
    Abstract: A monitor for determining analyte concentrations in vivo, includes a housing configured to adhere to the skin of a subject, an elongate sensor body configured to extend from the housing into the skin of the subject, an analyte sensing region positioned on the sensor body such that the analyte sensing region is configured to be held in the dermis of the skin of the subject, and at least one engagement surface configured to facilitate increased anchoring of the sensor body in the skin of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: LAXMI THERAPEUTIC DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: William Peter Van Antwerp, Roshanne Malekmadani, Matthew Yavorsky, Thomas Metzmaker, Michael Larkin
  • Publication number: 20250127984
    Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a body having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends, wherein at least part of the body is tubular and defines a cavity that extends along the longitudinal axis to facilitate delivery of medication therethrough, and a plurality of electrodes formed on a surface of the body, wherein each of the electrodes extends at least partially longitudinally along the body, with an electrical contact closer to the first end and a sensing region closer to the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: William Peter Van Antwerp, Drew Amaral, Thomas Metzmaker
  • Patent number: 12171551
    Abstract: An applicator assembly for applying at least a portion of an analyte monitor includes a frame having a longitudinal axis and an opening, a resilient member having at least a first portion fixed relative to the frame and a second portion movable axially relative to the frame, a needle, and a cap engageable with the frame to cover at least part of the opening. The cap is adjustable to increase a bias on the resilient member and to move the second portion of the resilient member away from the opening. When the cap is separated from the frame, the second portion of the resilient member is configured to be held relative to the frame. The hold on the second portion of the resilient member is releasable, such that the bias on the resilient member advances the second portion of the resilient member and the needle towards the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: LAXMI THERAPEUTIC DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Metzmaker, Matthew Yavorsky, Michael I. Larkin, William Peter Van Antwerp, Scott Mallett, Dallin Ostler
  • Publication number: 20240206814
    Abstract: A monitor for determining analyte concentrations in vivo, includes a housing configured to adhere to the skin of a subject, an elongate sensor body configured to extend from the housing into the skin of the subject, an analyte sensing region positioned on the sensor body such that the analyte sensing region is configured to be held in the dermis of the skin of the subject, and at least one engagement surface configured to facilitate increased anchoring of the sensor body in the skin of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: William Peter Van Antwerp, Roshanne Malekmadani, Matthew Yavorsky, Thomas Metzmaker, Michael Larkin
  • Publication number: 20240156376
    Abstract: An applicator assembly for applying at least a portion of an analyte monitor includes a frame having a longitudinal axis and an opening, a resilient member having at least a first portion fixed relative to the frame and a second portion movable axially relative to the frame, a needle, and a cap engageable with the frame to cover at least part of the opening. The cap is adjustable to increase a bias on the resilient member and to move the second portion of the resilient member away from the opening. When the cap is separated from the frame, the second portion of the resilient member is configured to be held relative to the frame. The hold on the second portion of the resilient member is releasable, such that the bias on the resilient member advances the second portion of the resilient member and the needle towards the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Metzmaker, Matthew Yavorsky, Michael I. Larkin, William Peter Van Antwerp, Scott Mallett, Dallin Ostler
  • Patent number: 11660389
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeff Barnes, Jackie Mac, Ian McLaughlin, David Nazzaro, Steven Cardinali, Thomas Metzmaker