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

therapy control

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.…

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

neural stimulation efficiency

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,…

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

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

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

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

brain-imbalances

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…

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