Patents by Inventor Antonio Alfonso Ferreira DeSalles

Antonio Alfonso Ferreira DeSalles 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).

  • Methods for the identification and targeting of brain regions and structures and treatments related thereto
    Patent number: 9597007
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for identifying and targeting brain regions and brain structures. In one embodiment, a method of identifying a brain structure in a patient comprises imaging a brain region using Diffusion Tensor Imaging MRI to identify a nerve tract, following the nerve tract to a first brain structure, and identifying the first brain structure based on the location and orientation of the nerve tract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    Inventors: Antonio Alfonso Ferreira DeSalles, Alejandro Covalin
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANXIETY DISORDERS AND DISORDERS WITH PSYCHOTIC FEATURES
    Publication number: 20120290058
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating anxiety disorders and disorders with psychotic features include implanting at least one electrode in the patient so as to contact a predetermined region of the brain, coupling the at least one electrode to a signal generating source and transmitting an electrical signal from the source to the predetermined region of the brain through the at least one electrode. In one aspect, the predetermined region of the brain is the amygdala, and more specifically, the basolateral nucleus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicants: United States Government Department of Veterans Affairs, The Regents of the Univeristy of California
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Langevin, Scott E. Krahl, Antonio Alfonso Ferreira Desalles
  • METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND TARGETING OF BRAIN REGIONS AND STRUCTURES AND TREATMENTS RELATED THERETO
    Publication number: 20120226138
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for identifying and targeting brain regions and brain structures. In one embodiment, a method of identifying a brain structure in a patient comprises imaging a brain region using Diffusion Tensor Imaging MRI to identify a nerve tract, following the nerve tract to a first brain structure, and identifying the first brain structure based on the location and orientation of the nerve tract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicants: United States Government Dept of Veterans Affairs, The regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Antonio Alfonso Ferreira DeSalles, Alejandro Covalin