Patents Issued the Week of November 9-13

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U.S. Patent No. 12,788,880 entitled “Systems and Methods for Detecting Disruptions in Fluid Delivery Devices” issued November 10, 2026 to Diatech Diabetes, Inc. of Memphis, Tennessee. Invented by Luis E. Blanco of Seattle, Washington, John H. Wilcox of Rockledge, Florida and John Clark Gray of Tallahassee, Florida. Abstract: A system and method are provided for monitoring characteristics of a fluid being delivered from a fluid medication delivery device to an infusion site associated with a user. Model creation and development comprises, for each of one or more associated fluid delivery operations, collecting data streams from various sensors, assigning a fluid delivery state to the fluid delivery operation, and determining fluid delivery characteristics based on waveforms representing the time series data streams, and generating retrievable models correlating determined fluid delivery characteristics with the assigned fluid delivery state. Model implementation includes collecting time series data streams corresponding to a current fluid delivery operation, identifying models based on a selected fluid delivery state and determined fluid delivery characteristics from the data streams, and determining a correction factor to account for a difference between observed and predicted fluid delivery values. Alerts and/or automated control are further provided based on the correction factor.