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Augmenting physiotherapy via neurofeedback and neurostimulation: Key neurotechnology patent #43

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therapy control
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 8,121,694

Today we are shar­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing patent from Medtron­ic.  (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing 50 foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date)

U.S. Patent No. 8,121,694: Therapy control based on a patient movement state

  • Assignee(s): Medtron­ic, Inc.
  • Inventor(s): Gre­go­ry F. Mol­nar, Steven S. Gill, Kei­th A, Miesel, Mark S. Lent, Tim­o­thy J. Deni­son, Eric J. Panken, Carl D. Wahlstrand, Jonathan C. Werder
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neuro-monitoring
  • Issue Date: Feb­ru­ary 21, 2012

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘694 patent dis­clos­es meth­ods to treat patients afflict­ed with move­ment or oth­er neu­rode­gen­er­a­tive dis­or­ders through brain-sig­nal feed­back. [Read more…] about Aug­ment­ing phys­io­ther­a­py via neu­ro­feed­back and neu­rostim­u­la­tion: Key neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent #43

Improving brain stimulation’s efficacy and efficiency: Key neurotechnology patent #32

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neural stimulation efficiency
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,483,747

Today we high­light a key brain stim­u­la­tion patent assigned to Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date)

U.S. Patent No. 7,483,747: Sys­tems and meth­ods for enhanc­ing or affect­ing neur­al stim­u­la­tion effi­cien­cy and/or efficacy.

  • Assignee(s): Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Inc.
  • Inventor(s): Brad­ford Evan Glin­er, Allen Wyler, Brad Fowler, W. Dou­glas Sheffield, Richard Kuntz, Kent Leyde, Leif R. Sloan
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Tran­scra­nial Stimulation
  • Issue Date: Jan­u­ary 27, 2009

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘747 patent dis­clos­es meth­ods for improv­ing effi­ca­cy and effi­cien­cy of brain stim­u­la­tion by pro­vid­ing two dis­tinct phas­es of elec­tro­mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion that vary from one anoth­er in para­me­ters such as time of stim­u­la­tion, ampli­tude of sig­nal, loca­tion of treat­ment, fre­quen­cy of pulse, etc. [Read more…] about Improv­ing brain stimulation’s effi­ca­cy and effi­cien­cy: Key neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent #32

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

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systems-and-methods
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,024,247

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
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Tran­scra­nial Stimulation
  • Issue Date: April 4, 2006

SharpBrains’ Take:

Deal­ing with the prob­lem of unde­sir­able col­lat­er­al activ­i­ty dur­ing stim­u­la­tion treat­ment, the ‘247 patent describes a “test” stim­u­la­tion to deter­mine thresh­olds for both patient respon­siv­i­ty (to the stim­u­la­tion) and the para­me­ters of a sec­ond treat­ment stim­u­la­tion (to avoid col­lat­er­al activ­i­ty). [Read more…] about Reduc­ing neg­a­tive side effects from neur­al stim­u­la­tion: Key Neu­rotech Patent #24

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

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neural stimulation
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 6,990,377

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
  • Issue Date: Jan­u­ary 24, 2006

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘377 patent dis­clos­es treat­ments com­bin­ing mul­ti­ple neu­rotech­nolo­gies, cou­pling neu­rostim­u­la­tion tech­niques (e.g., elec­tri­cal, mag­net­ic, etc.) with soft­ware-based visu­al train­ing pro­grams. [Read more…] about Recov­ery of visu­al func­tion through neur­al stim­u­la­tion: Key Neu­rotech Patent #22

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

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magnetic stimulation
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 6,926,660

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 pro­ce­dures are more effec­tive and effi­cient if tar­get­ed stim­u­la­tion to the patient can be quick­ly and eas­i­ly repeat­ed, rather than blind­ly hunt­ing for the cor­rect loca­tion and ori­en­ta­tion after ini­tial dosing/ test­ing pro­ce­dures con­duct­ed to deter­mine the appro­pri­ate stim­u­la­tion field strength and loca­tion. [Read more…] about Facil­i­tat­ing clin­i­cal treat­ments via Tran­scra­nial Mag­net­ic Stim­u­la­tion (TMS): Key Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy Patent #21

Classifying and treating physiologic brain imbalances using quantitative EEG: Key Neurotech Patent #15

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brain-imbalances
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 6,622,036

Today we are shar­ing a 2003 patent assigned to CNS Response, Inc. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date)

U.S. Patent No. 6,622,036: Method for clas­si­fy­ing and treat­ing phys­i­o­log­ic brain imbal­ances using quan­ti­ta­tive EEG.

  • Assignee(s): CNS Response, Inc
  • Inventor(s): Stephen Suffin
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: EEG
  • Issue Date: Sep­tem­ber 16, 2003

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘036 patent dis­clos­es the appli­ca­tion of quan­ti­fied EEG to brain imbal­ances (e.g., phys­i­o­log­i­cal imbal­ances). [Read more…] about Clas­si­fy­ing and treat­ing phys­i­o­log­ic brain imbal­ances using quan­ti­ta­tive EEG: Key Neu­rotech Patent #15