Patents by Inventor Alexander R. Kent

Alexander R. Kent 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: 20230191126
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for stimulating nerves, including electrically stimulating peripheral nerve(s) to treat various diseases and disorders, as well as systems and methods for applying stimulation waveforms for improving the therapeutic benefit, outcomes, and/or experience relating to the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander R. Kent, Kathryn H. Rosenbluth, Gregory T. Schulte, Jessica M. Liberatore, Samuel Richard Hamner
  • Publication number: 20220323765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods that enable one to design temporal patterns for the optimal stimulation of a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to methods to design improved stimulation patterns and/or genetic algorithms for the optimal stimulation of a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue. In one embodiment, the present invention utilizes a model-based design to achieve a more optimal stimulation pattern for use in connection with a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue (e.g., a human nervous system). In another embodiment, the model-based design of the present invention utilizes a systematic search method to identify parameters (e.g., design variables) that minimize a cost function (e.g., optimize the fitness of a particular design).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Warren M. GRILL, David T. BROCKER, Alexander R. KENT
  • Patent number: 11351378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods that enable one to design temporal patterns for the optimal stimulation of a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to methods to design improved stimulation patterns and/or genetic algorithms for the optimal stimulation of a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue. In one embodiment, the present invention utilizes a model-based design to achieve a more optimal stimulation pattern for use in connection with a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue (e.g., a human nervous system). In another embodiment, the model-based design of the present invention utilizes a systematic search method to identify parameters (e.g., design variables) that minimize a cost function (e.g., optimize the fitness of a particular design).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Warren M. Grill, David T. Brocker, Alexander R. Kent
  • Publication number: 20210379374
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for the treatment and prevention of migraine and other headache conditions, and more specifically to systems and methods of treating and preventing migraine and other headache conditions through noninvasive peripheral nerve stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Samuel Richard Hamner, Alexander R Kent, Kathryn H. Rosenbluth
  • Publication number: 20210128920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods that enable one to design temporal patterns for the optimal stimulation of a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to methods to design improved stimulation patterns and/or genetic algorithms for the optimal stimulation of a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue. In one embodiment, the present invention utilizes a model-based design to achieve a more optimal stimulation pattern for use in connection with a nervous system, one or more nerve cells, or nervous tissue (e.g., a human nervous system). In another embodiment, the model-based design of the present invention utilizes a systematic search method to identify parameters (e.g., design variables) that minimize a cost function (e.g., optimize the fitness of a particular design).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Warren M. GRILL, David T. BROCKER, Alexander R. KENT
  • Publication number: 20180333582
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for increasing the efficacy and/or efficiency of deep brain stimulation (DBS) using parameters of stimulation that are custom tailored to a unique set of one or more symptoms and/or to a specific patient is shown and described herein. Also disclosed are devices, systems and methods for recording pertinent neural activity during non-regular patterns of stimulation and processing techniques for these recorded signals and stimulation parameter optimization based on these neural recordings may be used to tune computational models of the stimulation patterns to reproduce the observed neural activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Warren M. Grill, David T. Brocker, Alexander R. Kent
  • Publication number: 20140350634
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for increasing the efficacy and/or efficiency of deep brain stimulation (DBS) using parameters of stimulation that are custom tailored to a unique set of one or more symptoms and/or to a specific patient is shown and described herein. Also disclosed are devices, systems and methods for recording pertinent neural activity during non-regular patterns of stimulation and processing techniques for these recorded signals and stimulation parameter optimization based on these neural recordings may be used to tune computational models of the stimulation patterns to reproduce the observed neural activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Duke University
    Inventors: Warren M. Grill, David T. Brocker, Alexander R. Kent