IP Library Granted Patent US 11,904,139
Granted Patent B2
US 11,904,139 · App. 17/222,570 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Closed-loop control in steady-state conditions

Inventors: Benyamin Grosman (Winnetka, CA); Louis J. Lintereur (Boise, ID); Anirban Roy (Agoura Hills, CA); Neha J. Parikh (West Hills, CA); Di Wu (Glendale, CA); Patrick E. Weydt (Moorpark, CA); David Dunleavy (West Hills, CA); Ali Dianaty (Porter Ranch, CA)
Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
A61M5/1723A61M2205/52A61M2230/201
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Patent No.
US 11,904,139
App. No.
17/222,570
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A processor-implemented method for closed-loop control in steady-state conditions includes determining, based on data including historical bolus information but excluding historical basal information, an amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance in a patient; determining, based on a difference between a most recent measurement of a physiological condition of the patient and a target value for the physiological condition, a first amount or rate of a basal dosage for delivery to the patient; adjusting, based on the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance, the first amount or rate of the basal dosage to determine a second amount or rate of the basal dosage; and causing delivery of the second amount or rate of the basal dosage based on communicating the second amount or rate in a delivery command.

Claims (34)

1. A processor-implemented method for closed-loop control in steady-state conditions, the method comprising:

determining, based on data including historical bolus information but excluding historical basal information, an amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance in a patient;

determining, based on a difference between a most recent measurement of a physiological condition of the patient and a target value for the physiological condition, a first amount or rate of a basal dosage for delivery to the patient;

adjusting, based on the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance, the first amount or rate of the basal dosage to determine a second amount or rate of the basal dosage; and

causing delivery of the second amount or rate of the basal dosage based on communicating the second amount or rate in a delivery command.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance is determined based on one or more pharmacokinetic models.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance comprises generating the data based on filtering historical delivery data to exclude the historical basal information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the first amount or rate of the basal dosage comprises using a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) closed-loop control process.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein an integral path of the PID closed-loop control process comprises an upper limit equal to a maximum amount or rate for the basal dosage.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the maximum amount or rate for the basal dosage is patient-specific.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first amount or rate of the basal dosage is less than the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance, and wherein causing delivery of the second amount or rate of the basal dosage comprises causing suspended delivery of any basal dosages.

8. A system for closed-loop control in steady-state conditions, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more processor-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of:

determining, based on data including historical bolus information but excluding historical basal information, an amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance in a patient;

determining, based on a difference between a most recent measurement of a physiological condition of the patient and a target value for the physiological condition, a first amount or rate of a basal dosage for delivery to the patient;

adjusting, based on the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance, the first amount or rate of the basal dosage to determine a second amount or rate of the basal dosage; and

causing delivery of the second amount or rate of the basal dosage based on communicating the second amount or rate in a delivery command.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance is determined based on one or more pharmacokinetic models.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein determining the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance comprises generating the data based on filtering historical delivery data to exclude the historical basal information.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein determining the first amount or rate of the basal dosage comprises using a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) closed-loop control process.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein an integral path of the PID closed-loop control process comprises an upper limit equal to a maximum amount or rate for the basal dosage.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the maximum amount or rate for the basal dosage is patient-specific.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first amount or rate of the basal dosage is less than the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance, and wherein causing delivery of the second amount or rate of the basal dosage comprises causing suspended delivery of any basal dosages.

15. One or more non-transitory processor-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of:

determining, based on data including historical bolus information but excluding historical basal information, an amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance in a patient;

determining, based on a difference between a most recent measurement of a physiological condition of the patient and a target value for the physiological condition, a first amount or rate of a basal dosage for delivery to the patient;

adjusting, based on the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance, the first amount or rate of the basal dosage to determine a second amount or rate of the basal dosage; and

causing delivery of the second amount or rate of the basal dosage based on communicating the second amount or rate in a delivery command.

16. The one or more non-transitory processor-readable storage media of claim 15 , wherein the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance is determined based on one or more pharmacokinetic models.

17. The one or more non-transitory processor-readable storage media of claim 15 , wherein determining the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance comprises generating the data based on filtering historical delivery data to exclude the historical basal information.

18. The one or more non-transitory processor-readable storage media of claim 15 , wherein determining the first amount or rate of the basal dosage comprises using a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) closed-loop control process.

19. The one or more non-transitory processor-readable storage media of claim 18 , wherein an integral path of the PID closed-loop control process comprises an upper limit equal to a maximum amount or rate for the basal dosage.

20. The one or more non-transitory processor-readable storage media of claim 15 , wherein the first amount or rate of the basal dosage is less than the amount of unmetabolized therapeutic substance, and wherein causing delivery of the second amount or rate of the basal dosage comprises causing suspended delivery of any basal dosages.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2026
From: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.; COMPANION MEDICAL, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 074394/0237 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2021
From: GROSMAN, BENYAMIN; LINTEREUR, LOUIS J.; ROY, ANIRBAN; PARIKH, NEHA J.; WU, DI; WEYDT, PATRICK E.; DUNLEAVY, DAVID; DIANATY, ALI
To: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
Reel/Frame 055826/0939 →
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