Patents by Inventor Arun SRIDHAR

Arun SRIDHAR 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: 20250099762
    Abstract: Modulation of neural activity of a ganglion, by applying a signal to a sympathetic nerve adjacent to the ganglion, results in preferential reduction of sympathetic signals to an effector, thereby providing ways of treating and preventing conditions associated with exacerbated sympatho-excitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Gerald Edwin Hunsberger, Arun Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20250082937
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an apparatus or system for the modulation of neural activity in the cervical sympathetic chain (CSC) or superior cervical ganglion (SCG) or SCG post-ganglionic branch(es) and for the treatment of sleep apnoea, as well as methods for their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Alessandra Giarola, Yee-Hsee Hsieh, Stephen J. Lewis, Arun Sridhar
  • Patent number: 12157007
    Abstract: Modulation of neural activity of a ganglion, by applying a signal to a sympathetic nerve adjacent to the ganglion, results in preferential reduction of sympathetic signals to an effector, thereby providing ways of treating and preventing conditions associated with exacerbated sympatho-excitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Gerald Edwin Hunsberger, Arun Sridhar
  • Patent number: 12083342
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an apparatus or system for the modulation of neural activity in the cervical sympathetic chain (CSC) or superior cervical ganglion (SCG) or SCG post-ganglionic branch(es) and for the treatment of sleep apnoea, as well as methods for their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Alessandra Giarola, Yee-Hsee Hsieh, Stephen J. Lewis, Arun Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20240042208
    Abstract: Modulation, preferably inhibition, of neurosignaling of a cardiac-related sympathetic nerve in the extracardiac intrathoracic neural circuit is effective in stabilizing cardiac electrical and/or mechanical function, thereby providing ways of treating or preventing cardiac dysfunction such as arrhythmias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Laurence Ardell, Kalyanam Shivkumar, Arun Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20230381519
    Abstract: Modulation of neural activity of a subject's aortic depressor nerve (ADN) and/or carotid sinus nerve (CSN) can modulate baroreceptor reflex function, thereby providing ways of treating or preventing disorders associated with malfunction or loss of the baroreceptor reflex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Galvani Bioelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Arun SRIDHAR, Stephen J. LEWIS, Ibrahim SALMAN
  • Patent number: 11752328
    Abstract: A neuromodulation apparatus for stimulating neural activity in a renal nerve of a patient is provided, the apparatus comprising a transducer Patient for applying a signal to the renal nerve so as to produce a physiological response. Methods of treating sleep apnoea are also provided, including methods using the neuromodulation apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Arun Sridhar, Alessandra Giarola, Stephen J. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20230142770
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the stimulation of neural signalling of an apical splenic nerve, the device having a transducer for placement on or around the apical splenic nerve, and a signal generator to generate a signal that stimulates or inhibits the neural activity of the apical splenic nerve to produce a physiological response. The transducer has at least one electrode, and the signal generator is a voltage or current source. The stimulation electrical signal has a frequency of between 1 Hz and 50 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Philippe Blancou, Nicolas GLAICHENHAUS, Arun SRIDHAR
  • Publication number: 20230059066
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for stimulating neural activity in a pudendal nerve of a subject, the apparatus comprising of: at least one primary electrode configured to apply a first electrical signal to said nerve; and a controller coupled to said primary electrode (s) and controlling the first electrical signal to be applied thereby, wherein said controller is configured to cause said at least one primary electrode to apply said first electrical signal that stimulates neural activity in the pudendal nerve to improve bladder function, and wherein the first electrical signal is applied in a burst pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Arun Sridhar, Philip Milliken, Christopher Lawrence Langdale, Warren Murray Grill, James Arthur Hokanson
  • Patent number: 11577082
    Abstract: Devices and methods for the stimulation of neural signaling of an apical splenic nerve, the device having a transducer for placement on or around the apical splenic nerve, and a signal generator to generate a signal that stimulates or inhibits the neural activity of the apical splenic nerve to produce a physiological response. The transducer has at least one electrode, and the signal generator is a voltage or current source. The stimulation electrical signal has a frequency of between 1 Hz and 50 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Centre Nationale de La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Philippe Blancou, Nicolas Glaichenhaus, Arun Sridhar
  • Patent number: 11571574
    Abstract: Modulation of neural activity in the superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) or cervical sympathetic trunk (CST) is effective in treating diseases and conditions mediated by thyroid and parathyroid hormones, in particular diseases associated with calcitonin secretion (e.g. osteoporosis) or diseases associated with thyroxine secretion (e.g. hypothyroid syndrome).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: GALVANI BIOELECTRONICS LIMITED, TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY
    Inventors: Hans Jakob Kristoffer Famm, Harumi Hotta, Arun Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20230030204
    Abstract: Modulation of neural signaling of a pancreas-related sympathetic nerve is capable of improving glycaemic control by inhibiting T cell activation or migration to the pancreas, and hence providing a way of treating or preventing type 1 diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Arun Sridhar, Philippe Blancou, Nicolas Glaichenhaus
  • Publication number: 20230021801
    Abstract: Provided herein is a solution to the problem of stimulation of a target pudendal nerve such that the stimulation applied by the electrode at that position selectively modulates the external urtheral sphincter (EUS), or selectively modulates the external anal sphincter (EAS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Arun Sridhar, Philip Milliken
  • Publication number: 20230018108
    Abstract: Modulation of neural activity of a ganglion, by applying a signal to a sympathetic nerve adjacent to the ganglion, results in preferential reduction of sympathetic signals to an effector, thereby providing ways of treating and preventing conditions associated with exacerbated sympatho-excitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Gerald Edwin Hunsberger, Arun Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20230017399
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an apparatus or system for the modulation of neural activity in the cervical sympathetic chain (CSC) or superior cervical ganglion (SCG) or SCG post-ganglionic branch(es) and for the treatment of sleep apnoea, as well as methods for their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Alessandra Giarola, Yee-Hsee Hsieh, Stephen J. Lewis, Arun Sridhar
  • Patent number: 11517754
    Abstract: Modulation of neural signaling of a pancreas-related sympathetic nerve is capable of improving glycaemic control by inhibiting T cell activation or migration to the pancreas, and hence providing a way of treating or preventing type 1 diabetes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, Centre Nationale de La Recherche Scientifique, Université Côte d'Azur
    Inventors: Arun Sridhar, Philippe Blancou, Nicolas Glaichenhaus
  • Patent number: 11464976
    Abstract: Modulation of neural activity of a ganglion, by applying a signal to a sympathetic nerve adjacent to the ganglion, results in preferential reduction of sympathetic signals to an effector, thereby providing ways of treating and preventing conditions associated with exacerbated sympatho-excitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Gerald Edwin Hunsberger, Arun Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20220305268
    Abstract: This invention relates to devices, methods and substances for use in the treatment of hypertension and/or elevated blood pressure in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Sarah Faridah Hassan, Stephen J. Lewis, Sheridan McMurray, Arun Sridhar, Ibrahim Salman
  • Patent number: 11452872
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an apparatus or system for the modulation of neural activity in the cervical sympathetic chain (CSC) or superior cervical ganglion (SCG) or SCG post-ganglionic branch(es) and for the treatment of sleep apnoea, as well as methods for their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Alessandra Giarola, Yee-Hsee Hsieh, Stephen J. Lewis, Arun Sridhar
  • Patent number: 11369793
    Abstract: Modulation, preferably inhibition, of neurosignaling of a cardiac-related sympathetic nerve in the extracardiac intrathoracic neural circuit is effective in stabilizing cardiac electrical and/or mechanical function, thereby providing ways of treating or preventing cardiac dysfunction such as arrhythmias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Presidio Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Laurence Ardell, Kalyanam Shivkumar, Arun Sridhar