Patents by Inventor Barbara G. Frenkel

Barbara G. Frenkel 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).

  • Patent number: 6007569
    Abstract: The present invention features an apparatus for quantifying the effects that colored light therapies and treatments have upon an individual. The apparatus features an imagescope console that bathes a patient in different light colors, patterns, sequences, hues, tints, etc. A physiological monitoring unit monitors the bodily functions of the individual as the various colored light treatments are applied. A computer analyzes the monitored data, and produces a printout, or an electrostressogram, which details the quantitative effects of the light therapies. The electrostressogram can be faxed or otherwise transmitted to medical offices, and/or satellite communicated from spacecrafts and interplanetary space station to Earth for screening, preventing, diagnosing, and treating medical illnesses caused by stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Inventors: Richard E. Frenkel, Barbara G. Frenkel
  • Patent number: 5064410
    Abstract: A portable unobtrusive device to be used in combination with an imagescope. The portable device features a pair of eyeglasses having a circuit for monitoring a physiological function of the eyeglass wearer corresponding to a predetermined stress level. The circuit contains an alarm which emits an auditory and/or visual signal in response to a change in said physiological function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1991
    Inventors: Richard E. Frenkel, Barbara G. Frenkel