The state and future of robotics applied to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): Key Neurotech Patent #25

By SharpBrains | March 3, 2017
apparatus

Today we are shar­ing a key 2006 patent assigned to The Regents of The Uni­ver­si­ty of Texas, the NIH, and the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Ser­vices. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,087,008: Appa­ra­tus and meth­ods for deliv­ery of transcranial…

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Reducing negative side effects from neural stimulation: Key Neurotech Patent #24

By SharpBrains | March 2, 2017
systems-and-methods

We are fea­tur­ing today a 2006 patent, assigned to Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, espe­cial­ly rel­e­vant for brain stim­u­la­tion meth­ods which may car­ry some neg­a­tive side effects. U.S. Patent No. 7,024,247: Sys­tems and meth­ods for reduc­ing the like­li­hood of induc­ing col­lat­er­al neur­al activ­i­ty dur­ing neur­al stim­u­la­tion thresh­old test pro­ce­dures. Assignee(s): Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Inc. Inventor(s): Brad­ford Evan Glin­er, Kent Leyde…

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The evolution of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): Key Neurotech Patent #23

By SharpBrains | March 1, 2017
transcranial stimulation

Today we are shar­ing a 2006 patent assigned to Brain­lab. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,008,370: Method and device for tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion. Assignee(s): Brain­lab Ag Inventor(s): Phillip Tan­ner, Andreas Hartlep, Hen­rik Wist, Ker­stin Wen­dicke, Thomas Weyh Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Tran­scra­nial Stim­u­la­tion Issue…

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Recovery of visual function through neural stimulation: Key Neurotech Patent #22

By SharpBrains | February 28, 2017
neural stimulation

Today we are shar­ing a very inter­est­ing 2006 patent, assigned to Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, span­ning both inva­sive and non-inva­­sive neu­rotech­nolo­gies. U.S. Patent No. 6,990,377: Sys­tems and meth­ods for facil­i­tat­ing and/or effec­tu­at­ing devel­op­ment, reha­bil­i­ta­tion, restora­tion, and/or recov­ery of visu­al func­tion through neur­al stim­u­la­tion. Assignee(s): Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Inc. Inventor(s): Brad­ford E. Glin­er, War­ren D. Sheffield Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Hybrid…

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Facilitating clinical treatments via Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS): Key Neurotechnology Patent #21

By SharpBrains | February 27, 2017
magnetic stimulation

Today we are shar­ing a key 2005 patent assigned to Neu­ro­net­ics, Inc. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 6,926,660: Facil­i­tat­ing treat­ment via mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion. Assignee(s): Neu­ro­net­ics, Inc. Inventor(s): Stan­ford W. Miller Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Tran­scra­nial Stim­u­la­tion Issue Date: August 9, 2005 Sharp­Brains’ Take: TMS treatments…

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Recognizing unique EEG brainwaves to enhance biometric authentication: Key Neurotech Patent #20

By SharpBrains | February 24, 2017

Today we are shar­ing a robust 2005 patent har­ness­ing EEG brain­waves in the (now) hot space of bio­met­ric authen­ti­ca­tion and secu­ri­ty. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 6,898,299: Method and sys­tem for bio­met­ric recog­ni­tion based on elec­tric and/or mag­net­ic char­ac­ter­is­tics. Assignee(s): GR…

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