Patents by Inventor Leigh Hochberg

Leigh Hochberg has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11972050
    Abstract: Instances of a single brain computer interface (BCI) system can be implemented on multiple devices. An active instance can control the associated device. The instances can each communicate with a neural decoding system that can receive neural signals from a user, process the neural signals, and output a command based on the processed neural signals. A device running the active instance of can be in communication with the neural decoding system to receive a command. The device can include a display, a non-transitory memory storing instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to: run an instance of a control program; and execute the task based on the command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: BROWN UNIVERSITY, THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    Inventors: Leigh Hochberg, John D. Simeral, Tyler Singer-Clark, Ronnie Gross, Thomas Hosman, Anastasia Kapitonava, Rekha Crawford
  • Publication number: 20230172522
    Abstract: Neural signals of a subject intending certain postures can be decoded and a controllable device can be commanded to perform certain actions based on the decoded intended postures with a system, and method of use thereof, including a brain machine interface (BMI) device. The system also includes electrodes in communication with the subject's nervous system to record the neural signals and the controllable device, both in communication with the BMI device. The BMI device can store instructions and previously calibrated neural activity patterns for the certain postures and a processor for receiving the neural signals, pre-processing the neural signals, decoding the neural signals into neural activity patterns, and matching the neural activity patterns to the previously calibrated neural activity patterns. If a match is determined, then the BMI device can send a command, previously linked to the intended posture, to the controllable device to perform the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: John D. Simeral, Thomas Hosman, Carlos Vargas-Irwin, Daniel Thengone, Leigh Hochberg, Tyler Singer-Clark
  • Publication number: 20230133022
    Abstract: Instances of a single brain computer interface (BCI) system can be implemented on multiple devices. An active instance can control the associated device. The instances can each communicate with a neural decoding system that can receive neural signals from a user, process the neural signals, and output a command based on the processed neural signals. A device running the active instance of can be in communication with the neural decoding system to receive a command. The device can include a display, a non-transitory memory storing instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions to: run an instance of a control program; and execute the task based on the command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Leigh Hochberg, John D. Simeral, Tyler Singer-Clark, Ronnie Gross, Thomas Hosman, Anastasia Kapitonava
  • Publication number: 20210045692
    Abstract: A patient communication system comprises a hand-held data input subsystem and a display subsystem. The data input subsystem may be configured to sense, and wirelessly convey, information associated with 3-D movement of the data input subsystem, and actuation of a signaling element within the data input subsystem. The display subsystem may receive the information and to present a visual representation of the information in a graphical user interface (GUI). The display subsystem may adaptively interpret the information with respect to range of motion sensitivity and orientation of the data input subsystem, and movement of the data input subsystem with respect to its prior state. The system may map the conveyed information to the GUI, generate and display images on the GUI with which a patient may interact by manipulating the data input subsystem, and capture one or more selections executed by the patient through actuation of the signaling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Miriam Anna Rimm Goldberg, Leigh Hochberg