Patents by Inventor Alexander Abbushi

Alexander Abbushi 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).

  • Publication number: 20130018596
    Abstract: Method and device for determining target brain segments in human or animal brains An embodiment of the invention relates to a method for determining at least one target brain segment of a human or animal brain for stimulation or manipulation of a specific brain function, said method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving first data of a reference brain, said first data defining a reference network consisting of functionally correlated brain segments that perform said specific brain function, (b) identifying the corresponding network in the human or animal brain, (c) receiving second data of said reference brain, said second data comprising a description of at least one location in the reference network, said location defining a target brain segment for stimulation or manipulation of said specific brain function in the reference brain, and (d) identifying at least one corresponding location in the corresponding network of the human or animal brain based on said description, said at least one corresponding l
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Joachim BÖTTGER, Alexander Abbushi, Daniel S. Margulies
  • Publication number: 20120163689
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for visualizing at least one human or animal brain segment in order to aid a stimulation or manipulation of the brain, said method comprising the steps of: (a) predicting the localization of where a stimulation or manipulation effect is or would be, if and when initiated, and determining at least one target brain segment which is or would be stimulated or manipulated; (b) evaluating whether at least one brain segment is functionally correlated to said at least one target brain segment; (c) providing image data which visualize the at least one target brain segment and/or at least one of the correlated brain segments as evaluated in step (b); and (d) displaying the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Joachim BÖTTGER, Peter Vajkoczy, Peter Horn, Alexander Abbushi, Gerd-Helge Schneider, Thomas Picht, Arno Villringer, Daniel S. Margulies