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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2003
Steven Keith, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert S. Parker, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Noel G. Harvey, Efland, NC (US);
Ronald J. Pettis, Cary, NC (US);
John D. Denuzzio, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Glenn Vonk, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Steven Keith, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert S. Parker, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Noel G. Harvey, Efland, NC (US);
Ronald J. Pettis, Cary, NC (US);
John D. DeNuzzio, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Glenn Vonk, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A closed loop therapy system for controlling a concentration of a substance, such as blood glucose concentration, in the body of a user. The system and method employ a sensor system that measures a glucose level in the body, a controller that uses the measured glucose levels to generate an output that can be used to automatically or manually control an intradermal insulin infusion system to set a constant or time-varying profile of target blood glucose concentrations in a user, and then infuse an appropriate amount of insulin into the body of the user so as to reach and maintain the target values of the blood glucose concentration.