Patents by Inventor Alik Widge

Alik Widge 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: 20240115863
    Abstract: A system for measuring synchrony between two or more regions, or within a single region, of a subject's brain. The system can include a signal conditioning module in communication with a phase extraction module. The signal conditioning module can receive an oscillating signal, bandpass filter the signal, and convert the signal to its real and imaginary components. The phase extraction module can receive the real and imaginary components, determine the quadrant of the oscillating signal on the complex plane based on the real and imaginary components, and determine the phase of the oscillating signal using a linear arctangent approximation based on the determined quadrant. The system can calculate synchrony metrics based on the determined phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Alik WIDGE, Mahsa SHOARAN, Uisub SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240100337
    Abstract: A method for controlling connectivity between two or more brain regions of a subject includes receiving signals corresponding to a connectivity between two or more regions of a subject's brain, measuring a connectivity level from the signals, and delivering at least one stimulation pulse to at least one target region of the subject's brain if the measured connectivity level is outside of a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Alik WIDGE, Gregory MOLNAR, Virginia WOODS, Mahsa SHOARAN, Uisub SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240017069
    Abstract: A method for controlling flexible behavior by stimulating a plurality of brain regions of a subject that includes receiving signals from a source region of the subject's brain, determining at least one signal indicative of out-of-range behavioral inflexibility from the source region in a predetermined frequency band and delivering at least one stimulation pulse to at least one target region of the subject's brain based on the at least one signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventor: Alik Widge
  • Patent number: 11612748
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, mechanisms (which can, for example, include systems, methods, and media) for detecting an effortful mental state providing real-time deep brain stimulation to enhance performance of effortful mental tasks are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Nicole Provenza, David Borton, Alik Widge, Darin Dougherty, Emad Eskandar
  • Patent number: 11241188
    Abstract: A system and methods for monitoring and controlling a mental state of a subject are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving physiological and behavioral data acquired using the plurality of sensors while the subject is performing a task, and applying, using the data, a state-space framework to determine a plurality of decoder parameters correlating brain activity and behavior with a mental state of the subject. The method also includes identifying the mental state of the subject using the decoder parameters, and generating a report indicating the mental state of the subject. In some aspects, the method further includes generating, based on the identified mental state, a brain stimulation to treat a brain condition of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation, Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Alik Widge, Emad Eskandar, Darin Dougherty, Uri Tzvi Eden, Xinyi Deng, Ali Yousefi, Angelique Paulk
  • Publication number: 20210106830
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, mechanisms (which can, for example, include systems, methods, and media) for detecting an effortful mental state providing real-time deep brain stimulation to enhance performance of effortful mental tasks are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Nicole Provenza, David Borton, Alik Widge, Darin Dougherty, Emad Eskandar
  • Publication number: 20180192936
    Abstract: A system and methods for monitoring and controlling a mental state of a subject are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving physiological and behavioral data acquired using the plurality of sensors while the subject is performing a task, and applying, using the data, a state-space framework to determine a plurality of decoder parameters correlating brain activity and behavior with a mental state of the subject. The method also includes identifying the mental state of the subject using the decoder parameters, and generating a report indicating the mental state of the subject. In some aspects, the method further includes generating, based on the identified mental state, a brain stimulation to treat a brain condition of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Alik Widge, Emad Eskandar, Darin Dougherty, Uri Tzvi Eden, Xinyi Deng, Ali Yousefi, Angelique Paulk