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US 12,478,298 · App. 17/938,647 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Systems, devices, and methods to compensate for temperature effects on sensors

Inventors: Anna Harley-Trochimczyk (San Diego, CA); Sebastian Bohm (Cardiff, CA); Rui Ma (Santa Clara, CA); Disha Sheth (Oceanside, CA); Minglian Shi (Irvine, CA); Kamuran Turksoy (Clarksburg, MD)
Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
A61B5/1495A61B5/0022A61B5/01A61B5/0205A61B5/14532A61B5/14865A61B5/7203A61B5/7221G01N27/3274G16H50/20A61B5/024A61B5/1112A61B5/1118A61B5/681A61B2560/0238A61B2560/0252A61B2562/0219A61B2562/0247
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,478,298
App. No.
17/938,647
Filed
Oct 6, 2022
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3796
USPC
600/301
Abstract

This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to compensate for the effects of temperature on sensors, such as analyte sensor. An example method may include determining a temperature-compensated glucose concentration level by receiving a temperature signal indicative of a temperature parameter of an external component, receiving a glucose signal indicative of an in vivo glucose concentration level, and determining a compensated glucose concentration level based on the glucose signal, the temperature signal, and a delay parameter.

Claims (41)

1 . A glucose sensor system, comprising:

a glucose sensor configured to be at least partially inserted into a host;

a temperature sensor; and

sensor electronics programmed to perform operations comprising:

accessing a glucose signal generated by the glucose sensor, the glucose signal being indicative of a glucose concentration level of the host;

accessing a temperature signal generated by the temperature sensor, the temperature signal being indicative of a temperature of the host;

accessing pattern data, the pattern data describing a relationship between the temperature of the host, a second parameter, and the glucose concentration level of the host; and

determining a temperature-compensated glucose concentration level based at least in part on the glucose signal and the pattern data.

2 . The glucose sensor system of claim 1 , the second parameter comprising a reliability of the temperature signal.

3 . The glucose sensor system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising comparing the temperature of the host to the pattern data, the determining of the temperature-compensated glucose concentration level being based at least in part on the comparing.

4 . The glucose sensor system of claim 3 , the operations further comprising determining a temperature compensation magnitude based at least in part on the comparing, the determining of the temperature-compensated glucose concentration level being based at least in part on the temperature compensation magnitude.

5 . The glucose sensor system of claim 1 , the pattern data describing a state model, the operations further comprising determining a state of the state model based at least in part on the temperature signal and the glucose signal, the determining of the temperature-compensated glucose concentration level being based at least in part on a temperature compensation model associated with the determined state of the state model.

6 . The glucose sensor system of claim 1 , the second parameter being at least one of a carbohydrate sensitivity of the host, a time, an activity of the host, a heart rate of the host, a respiration rate of the host, a posture of the host, an indication of insulin delivery to the host, or a size of a meal consumed by the host.

7 . The glucose sensor system of claim 5 , the second parameter describing an exercise state of the host, the operations further comprising, determining, that the host is in a first exercise state, the determining of the temperature-compensated glucose concentration level being based at least in part on a temperature compensation model associated with the first exercise state.

8 . The glucose sensor system of claim 1 , the pattern data being received from a remote system.

9 . The glucose sensor system of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

determining, temperature parameter information based at least in part on the temperature signal;

sending the temperature parameter information a remote system; and

receiving the pattern data from the remote system.

10 . A method of operating a glucose sensor at least partially inserted into a host, the method comprising:

accessing, by at least one processor, a glucose signal representative of a glucose concentration level of the host, the glucose signal being generated by the glucose sensor, the glucose sensor being in communication with the at least one processor;

accessing, by the at least one processor, a temperature signal indicative of a temperature of the host, the temperature signal being generated by a temperature sensor that is in communication with the at least one processor;

accessing, by the at least one processor, pattern data, the pattern data describing a relationship between the temperature of the host, a second parameter, and the glucose concentration level of the host; and

determining, by the at least one processor, a temperature-compensated glucose concentration level based at least in part on the glucose signal and the pattern data.

11 . The method of claim 10 , the second parameter comprising a reliability of the temperature signal.

12 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising comparing, by the at least one processor, the temperature of the host to the pattern data, the determining of the temperature-compensated glucose concentration level being based at least in part on the comparing.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising determining, by the at least one processor, a temperature compensation magnitude based at least in part on the comparing, the determining of the temperature-compensated glucose concentration level being based at least in part on the temperature compensation magnitude.

14 . The method of claim 10 , the pattern data describing a state model, the method further comprising determining a state of the state model based at least in part on the temperature signal and the glucose signal, the determining of the temperature-compensated glucose concentration level being based at least in part on a temperature compensation model associated with the determined state of the state model.

15 . The method of claim 10 , the second parameter being at least one of a carbohydrate sensitivity of the host, a time, an activity of the host, a heart rate of the host, a respiration rate of the host, a posture of the host, an indication of insulin delivery to the host, or a size of a meal consumed by the host.

16 . The method of claim 15 , the second parameter describing an exercise state of the host, the method further comprising, determining, by the at least one processor, that the host is in a first exercise state, the determining of the temperature-compensated glucose concentration level being based at least in part on a temperature compensation model associated with the first exercise state.

17 . The method of claim 10 , the pattern data being received from a remote system.

18 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

determining, by the at least one processor, temperature parameter information based at least in part on the temperature signal;

sending, by the at least one processor, the temperature parameter information a remote system; and

receiving, by the at least one processor and from the remote system, the pattern data.

19 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, because the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

accessing a glucose signal representative of a glucose concentration level of a host, the glucose signal being generated by a glucose sensor at least partially inserted into the host;

accessing a temperature signal indicative of a temperature of the host, the temperature signal being generated by a temperature sensor that is in communication with the at least one processor;

accessing pattern data, the pattern data describing a relationship between the temperature of the host, a second parameter, and the glucose concentration level of the host; and

determining a temperature-compensated glucose concentration level based at least in part on the glucose signal and the pattern data.

20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19 , the operations further comprising comparing the temperature of the host to the pattern data, the determining of the temperature-compensated glucose concentration level being based at least in part on the comparing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2023
From: HARLEY-TROCHIMCZYK, ANNA; BÖHM, SEBASTIAN; MA, RUI; SHETH, DISHA; SHI, MINGLIAN; TURKSOY, KAMURAN
To: DEXCOM, INC.
Reel/Frame 064621/0338 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16254213 · Jan 22, 2019
Provisional Application 62620775 · Jan 23, 2018
Related Publication 20230148920A1 · May 18, 2023
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