Patents by Inventor Alexander F. A. Butterwick

Alexander F. A. Butterwick 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: 20140057232
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods to modify memory and/or cognitive function by delivering a sensory stimulus paired with learned material at opportune physiological periods during sleep. Described herein are systems, methods and devices to enhance a user's cognitive function in memorization and learning. A machine (e.g., a system or device) may be used to identify opportune periods of the sleep cycle and to deliver a stimulus during specific phases of the sleep cycle to facilitate or interrupt memory consolidation. The machine may record ambient sensory inputs during awake acquisition or reinforcement/relearning and replay all or an extracted form of the ambient sensory stimuli during a specified portion of the user's sleep. A stimulus may be delivered to a user to affect brain activity during sleep to modulate the phase of a user's sleep, quality of sleep, and/or quality or intensity of brain rhythms during a particular phase of sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Z. WETMORE, Todd O. ANDERSON, Robert J. BARRETTO, Alexander F.A. BUTTERWICK, Lia SIEBERT
  • Patent number: 8573980
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods to modify memory and/or cognitive function by delivering a sensory stimulus paired with learned material at opportune physiological periods during sleep. For example, described herein are systems, methods and devices to enhance a user's cognitive function in such areas as memorization and learning. A machine (e.g., a system or device) may be used to identify opportune periods of the sleep cycle and to deliver a stimulus during specific phases of the sleep cycle to facilitate or interrupt memory consolidation. In some variations the machine records ambient sensory inputs during awake acquisition or reinforcement/relearning and replays all or an extracted form of the ambient sensory stimuli a specified portion of the user's sleep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sheepdog Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Z. Wetmore, Todd O. Anderson, Robert J. Barretto, Alexander F. A. Butterwick, Lia Siebert
  • Publication number: 20130190556
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods to modify memory and/or cognitive function by delivering a sensory stimulus paired with learned material at opportune physiological periods during sleep. For example, described herein are systems, methods and devices to enhance a user's cognitive function in such areas as memorization and learning. A machine (e.g., a system or device) may be used to identify opportune periods of the sleep cycle and to deliver a stimulus during specific phases of the sleep cycle to facilitate or interrupt memory consolidation. In some variations the machine records ambient sensory inputs during awake acquisition or reinforcement/relearning and replays all or an extracted form of the ambient sensory stimuli a specified portion of the user's sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Z. WETMORE, Todd O. ANDERSON, Robert J. BARRETTO, Alexander F. A. BUTTERWICK, Lia SIEBERT
  • Patent number: 8382484
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods to modify memory and/or cognitive function by delivering a sensory stimulus paired with learned material at opportune physiological periods during sleep. For example, described herein are systems, methods and devices to enhance a user's cognitive function in such areas as memorization and learning. A machine (e.g., a system or device) may be used to identify opportune periods of the sleep cycle and to deliver a stimulus during specific phases of the sleep cycle to facilitate or interrupt memory consolidation. In some variations the machine records ambient sensory inputs during awake acquisition or reinforcement/relearning and replays all or an extracted form of the ambient sensory stimuli a specified portion of the user's sleep.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sheepdog Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Z. Wetmore, Todd O. Anderson, Robert J. Barretto, Alexander F. A. Butterwick
  • Publication number: 20120251989
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods to modify memory and/or cognitive function by delivering a sensory stimulus paired with learned material at opportune physiological periods during sleep. For example, described herein are systems, methods and devices to enhance a user's cognitive function in such areas as memorization and learning. A machine (e.g., a system or device) may be used to identify opportune periods of the sleep cycle and to deliver a stimulus during specific phases of the sleep cycle to facilitate or interrupt memory consolidation. In some variations the machine records ambient sensory inputs during awake acquisition or reinforcement/relearning and replays all or an extracted form of the ambient sensory stimuli a specified portion of the user's sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel Z. Wetmore, Todd O. Anderson, Robert J. Barretto, Alexander F. A. Butterwick
  • Patent number: 7955372
    Abstract: An endoluminal delivery system is provided having an endoluminal prosthesis sized to fit through a body lumen in a first unexpanded state, where a second state is an expanded relative to the first state. At least one delivery capsule is incorporated to the outer wall of the endoluminal prosthesis, where each one of the delivery capsules has a predetermined delivery pressure. There is at least one reactant in the delivery capsule, where the endoluminal prosthesis is expanded from the first state to the second state to expand the endoluminal prosthesis against the body lumen and induce the predetermined delivery pressure to the delivery capsule, and deliver the reactants to the body lumen according to desired positioning and timing. At least one containment band incorporated to the outer wall of the endoluminal prosthesis and positioned near the delivery capsules to localize the reactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Alexander F. Butterwick, Ashish S. Mitra, Martin K. C. Ng, John W. White