Patents by Inventor Rodolfo R. Llinas
Rodolfo R. Llinas 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).
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Patent number: 9295526Abstract: A cochlear implant device includes a deformable and stretchable flexible strip composed of a biological compatible material and positioned about a longitudinal axis so as to form a spiral. The implant device has a plurality of conductive strips with electrode windows formed so as to expose a segment of each conductive strip. A density of the electrode windows is sufficient to monitor a distance of the flexible strip from a non-conductive tissue of a patient in a 360 degree field of view about the longitudinal axis. A method of inserting a cochlear implant includes providing a multi-joint robot comprised of a series of actuator units, guiding the multi-joint robot into an inner ear of a patient, monitoring the position of the multi-joint robot relative to a non-conductive portion of the patient; and applying current to the multi joint robot so as to adjust the position of the actuator units.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: New York UniversityInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Hirobumi Watanabe, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Masayuki Nakao
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Publication number: 20140220036Abstract: The present invention provides methods of inhibiting a tau protein such as h-tau42 or a biologically active fragment, derivative or analog thereof, methods of treating a disease caused by a tau protein such as h-tau42, and methods to identify agents that may inhibit a tau protein such as h-tau42. The methods for identifying an agent effective to inhibit a tau protein may feature administering an agent; and observing either i) a reduction in biological activity of the tau protein or a biologically active fragment, derivative or analog thereof or ii) a reduction in phosphorylation of the tau protein or a biologically active fragment, derivative or analog thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: August 7, 2014Inventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Herman Moreno, Mutsuyuki Sugimori
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Publication number: 20140066951Abstract: A cochlear implant device includes a deformable and stretchable flexible strip composed of a biological compatible material and positioned about a longitudinal axis so as to form a spiral. The implant device has a plurality of conductive strips with electrode windows formed so as to expose a segment of each conductive strip. A density of the electrode windows is sufficient to monitor a distance of the flexible strip from a non-conductive tissue of a patient in a 360 degree field of view about the longitudinal axis. A method of inserting a cochlear implant includes providing a multi-joint robot comprised of a series of actuator units, guiding the multi-joint robot into an inner ear of a patient, monitoring the position of the multi-joint robot relative to a non-conductive portion of the patient; and applying current to the multi joint robot so as to adjust the position of the actuator units.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: NEW YORK UNIVERSITYInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Hirobumi Watanabe, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Masayuki Nakao
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Patent number: 8614254Abstract: This invention relates to methods of inhibiting a Cav3 calcium channel in a cell using a C2-C10 alkyl alcohol, or mixtures thereof. This invention further relates to methods of treating a thalamocortical dysrhythmia disorder in a mammal and for treating a neurological disorder in a mammal associated with the thalamocortical dysrhythmia using a C2-C10 alkyl alcohol, a lipophilic molecule with a partition coefficient substantially similar to that of a C2-C10 alkyl alcohol, or mixtures thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: New York UniversityInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Francisco Urbano
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Patent number: 8583261Abstract: A cochlear implant device includes a deformable and stretchable flexible strip composed of a biological compatible material and positioned about a longitudinal axis so as to form a spiral. The implant device has a plurality of conductive strips with electrode windows formed so as to expose a segment of each conductive strip. A density of the electrode windows is sufficient to monitor a distance of the flexible strip from a non-conductive tissue of a patient in a 360 degree field of view about the longitudinal axis. A method of inserting a cochlear implant includes providing a multi-joint robot comprised of a series of actuator units, guiding the multi-joint robot into an inner ear of a patient, monitoring the position of the multi-joint robot relative to a non-conductive portion of the patient; and applying current to the multi-joint robot so as to adjust the position of the actuator units.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: New York UniversityInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Hirobumi Watanabe, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Masayuki Nakao
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Patent number: 8447392Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a brain with a machine. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention employs a vascular approach in which one or more nano-electrodes are deployed in vasculature having a close geometric relationship with proximal innervation. Each nano-electrode is preferably deployed in a blood vessel so that its sensing end is at or near a nerve passing close to or intersecting the blood vessel. The sensing end of each nano-electrode is adapted so as to be carried along in the blood stream so as to position the sensing end at a desired point within the blood vessel. An array of nano-electrodes of varying lengths can be used to monitor multiple nerves or neurons along a blood vessel.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2007Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: New York UniversityInventor: Rodolfo R. Llinas
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Publication number: 20130101527Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions or formulations containing octanol are provided. The pharmaceutical compositions are useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including neurological disorders such as thalamocortical dysrhythmia disorder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Emeline L. Maillet
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Patent number: 8406889Abstract: The present invention relates to conducting polymer nanowires and their use in a brain-machine interface which is secure, robust and minimally invasive. In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, a vascular-based brain-machine interface comprising conducting polymer nanowires is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2010Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignees: New York University, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Ian W. Hunter, Bryan P. Ruddy
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Publication number: 20120310258Abstract: A cochlear implant device includes a deformable and stretchable flexible strip composed of a biological compatible material and positioned about a longitudinal axis so as to form a spiral. The implant device has a plurality of conductive strips with electrode windows formed so as to expose a segment of each conductive strip. A density of the electrode windows is sufficient to monitor a distance of the flexible strip from a non-conductive tissue of a patient in a 360 degree field of view about the longitudinal axis. A method of inserting a cochlear implant includes providing a multi-joint robot comprised of a series of actuator units, guiding the multi-joint robot into an inner ear of a patient, monitoring the position of the multi-joint robot relative to a non-conductive portion of the patient; and applying current to the multi-joint robot so as to adjust the position of the actuator units.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Rodolfo R. LLINAS, Hirobumi Watanabo, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Masayuki Nakao
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Patent number: 8315686Abstract: An electrode device and a method of installing the electrode device in the vicinity of the brain. The electrode device includes a plurality of electrode assemblies, each with at least one electrode lead, extending from a common base. The base is configured to be positioned on an outside of the patient's cranium with each electrode assembly projecting individually through a hole in the patient's cranium such that the electrode lead is in the vicinity of the brain. The method of installation includes carving a recess out of the patient's cranium and inserting the base therein. Each of the electrode assemblies are placed in their respective holes in order to stimulate, monitor or record neurological activity. The electrode device may be used over long periods of time for chronic treatment or recording.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: New York UniversityInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Mutsuyuki Sugimori
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Patent number: 8260437Abstract: A cochlear implant device includes a deformable and stretchable flexible strip composed of a biological compatible material and positioned about a longitudinal axis so as to form a spiral. The implant device has a plurality of conductive strips with electrode windows formed so as to expose a segment of each conductive strip. A density of the electrode windows is sufficient to monitor a distance of the flexible strip from a non-conductive tissue of a patient in a 360 degree field of view about the longitudinal axis. A method of inserting a cochlear implant includes providing a multi-joint robot comprised of a series of actuator units, guiding the multi-joint robot into an inner ear of a patient, monitoring the position of the multi-joint robot relative to a non-conductive portion of the patient; and applying current to the multi-joint robot so as to adjust the position of the actuator units.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: New York UniversityInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Hirobumi Watanabe, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Masayuki Nakao
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Publication number: 20110098719Abstract: A cochlear implant device includes a deformable and stretchable flexible strip composed of a biological compatible material and positioned about a longitudinal axis so as to form a spiral. The implant device has a plurality of conductive strips with electrode windows formed so as to expose a segment of each conductive strip. A density of the electrode windows is sufficient to monitor a distance of the flexible strip from a non-conductive tissue of a patient in a 360 degree field of view about the longitudinal axis. A method of inserting a cochlear implant includes providing a multi-joint robot comprised of a series of actuator units, guiding the multi-joint robot into an inner ear of a patient, monitoring the position of the multi-joint robot relative to a non-conductive portion of the patient; and applying current to the multi-joint robot so as to adjust the position of the actuator units.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: New York UniversityInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Hirobumi Watanabe, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Masayuki Nakao
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Publication number: 20110066219Abstract: The present invention relates to conducting polymer nanowires and their use in a brain-machine interface which is secure, robust and minimally invasive. In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, a vascular-based brain-machine interface comprising conducting polymer nanowires is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Ian W. Hunter, Bryan P. Ruddy
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Patent number: 7870086Abstract: The oscillatory dynamics of inferior olive (IO) neurons found in the olivo-cerebellar network of the brain are reproduced and applied to various control applications. An IO neuron model is provided which produces quasi-sinusoidal oscillations with a characteristic amplitude and frequency. Action potentials occur at the peaks of the oscillations and have precise timing properties. Stimuli applied to the IO neuron model show no changes in oscillation amplitude and frequency but do produce a shift of the oscillation phase, and hence a time shift of the corresponding action potentials. The resulting phase is defined by the strength of the stimulus and does not depend on when the stimulus is applied, thus providing a self-referential phase reset (SPR) effect. The oscillations of multiple IO neurons, or their models, coupled together tend to become organized in space and time in the form of oscillatory phase clusters.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2005Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: New York UniversityInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Viktor B. Kazantsev, Vladimir I. Nekorkin, Vladimir I. Makarenko
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Publication number: 20100292344Abstract: This invention relates to methods of inhibiting a Cav3 calcium channel in a cell using a C2-C10 alkyl alcohol, or mixtures thereof. This invention further relates to methods of treating a thalamocortical dysrhythmia disorder in a mammal and for treating a neurological disorder in a mammal associated with the thalamocortical dysrhythmia using a C2-C10 alkyl alcohol, a lipophilic molecule with a partition coefficient substantially similar to that of a C2-C10 alkyl alcohol, or mixtures thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: New York UniversityInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Francisco Urbano
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Patent number: 7818065Abstract: The present invention relates to conducting polymer nanowires and their use in a brain-machine interface which is secure, robust and minimally invasive. In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, a vascular-based brain-machine interface comprising conducting polymer nanowires is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignees: New York University, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Ian W. Hunter, Bryan P. Ruddy
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Publication number: 20100106259Abstract: The present invention relates to conducting polymer nanowires and their use in a brain-machine interface which is secure, robust and minimally invasive. In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, a vascular-based brain-machine interface comprising conducting polymer nanowires is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2006Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicants: New York University, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Ian W. Hunter, Bryan P. Ruddy
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Publication number: 20090192569Abstract: An electrode device and a method of installing the electrode device in the vicinity of the brain. The electrode device includes a plurality of electrode assemblies, each with at least one electrode lead, extending from a common base. The base is configured to be positioned on an outside of the patient's cranium with each electrode assembly projecting individually through a hole in the patient's cranium such that the electrode lead is in the vicinity of the brain. The method of installation includes carving a recess out of the patient's cranium and inserting the base therein. Each of the electrode assemblies are placed in their respective holes in order to stimulate, monitor or record neurological activity. The electrode device may be used over long periods of time for chronic treatment or recording.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2009Publication date: July 30, 2009Applicant: New York UniversityInventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Mutsuyuki Sugimori
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Publication number: 20080268067Abstract: This invention relates to methods of inhibiting a Cav3 calcium channel in a cell using a C2-C10 alkyl alcohol, or mixtures thereof. This invention further relates to methods of treating a thalamocortical dysrhythmia disorder in a mammal and for treating a neurological disorder in a mammal associated with the thalamocortical dysrhythmia using a C2-C10 alkyl alcohol, a lipophilic molecule with a partition coefficient substantially similar to that of a C2-C10 alkyl alcohol, or mixtures thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Rodolfo R. Llinas, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Francisco Urbano
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Patent number: 7257439Abstract: A system and method for interfacing a brain with a machine. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention employs a vascular approach in which one or more nano-electrodes are deployed in vasculature having a close geometric relationship with proximal innervation. Each nano-electrode is preferably deployed in a blood vessel so that its sensing end is at or near a nerve passing close to or intersecting the blood vessel. The sensing end of each nano-electrode is adapted so as to be carried along in the blood stream so as to position the sensing end at a desired point within the blood vessel. An array of nano-electrodes of varying lengths can be used to monitor multiple nerves or neurons along a blood vessel.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2003Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: New York UniversityInventor: Rodolfo R. Llinas