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US 12,728,203 · App. 17/860,609 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Techniques for recommending rescue carbohydrate ingestion in automatic medication delivery systems

Inventors: Joon Bok Lee (Acton, MA); Matthew Alles (Winchester, MA); Yibin Zheng (Hartland, WI); Jason O'Connor (Acton, MA)
Assignee: INSULET CORPORATION
A61M5/1723A61M2205/18A61M2205/502A61M2205/52A61M2230/201
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Patent No.
US 12,728,203
App. No.
17/860,609
Filed
Jul 8, 2022
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3783
USPC
604/65
Abstract

Provided are techniques, devices and systems that include monitoring a trend of blood glucose measurement values over a series of measurement cycles. A processor may identify a potential excursion outside a range of a target blood glucose measurement value setting of a user based on the monitored trend. In response to the identified potential excursion, an alert may be generated to the user to consume rescue carbohydrates. In addition, the disclosed techniques may include a processor that assesses the factors related to a potential impending hypoglycemic event for a user. Based on a result of the assessment of the factors, the processor may determine whether the user is approaching the potential impending hypoglycemic event for the user. In response to a determination that the user is approaching the potential impending hypoglycemic event for the user, a number of rescue carbohydrates to suggest for consumption by the user may be determined.

Claims (20)

1 . A drug delivery system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, enable the processor to:

determine that a blood glucose measurement value of a user is diverging from a target blood glucose range based on the blood glucose measurement value trending downwards from the target blood glucose range;

determine an after-insulin-on-board blood glucose measurement value for the user;

determine, by using the user's blood after-insulin-on-board glucose measurement value, an amount of rescue carbohydrates to be consumed by the user to maintain the user's blood glucose measurement value within the target blood glucose range; and

output the determined amount of the rescue carbohydrates.

2 . The drug delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the stored instructions configure the processor to:

receive the user's blood glucose measurement value at a particular time;

obtain a target blood glucose measurement value setting for the user at the particular time;

determine a difference between the user's blood glucose measurement value at the particular time and the target blood glucose measurement value setting for the user at the particular time; and

divide the difference by a correction factor of the user to obtain a modified difference value.

3 . The drug delivery system of claim 2 , wherein the stored instructions configure the processor to:

take a negative of the modified difference value;

determine an amount of insulin-on-board;

sum the negative of the modified difference value with the determined amount of insulin-on-board; and

divide the sum by an insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio of the user to obtain the determined amount of the rescue carbohydrates.

4 . The drug delivery system of claim 1 , wherein the stored instructions configure the processor to:

obtain a default amount of carbohydrates from the memory; and

set the default amount of carbohydrates as the amount of the rescue carbohydrates.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT Recorded Sep 7, 2023
From: INSULET CORPORATION
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 064840/0181 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: LEE, JOON BOK; ALLES, MATTHEW; ZHENG, YIBIN; O'CONNOR, JASON
To: INSULET CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060464/0845 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63220824 · Jul 12, 2021
Related Publication 20230011699A1 · Jan 12, 2023
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