Patents by Inventor Ben A. Duffy

Ben A. Duffy 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).

  • Carbon fiber optrodes for magnetic resonance imaging compatible optogenetics
    Patent number: 11684284
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for carrying out magnetic resonance imaging compatible optogenetics; and methods for using the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Jin Hyung Lee, Ben A. Duffy
  • PREDICTING SUCCESSFUL GENERATION AND INHIBITION OF SEIZURE-LIKE AFTERDISCHARGES AND MAPPING THEIR SEIZURE NETWORKS USING FMRI
    Publication number: 20230079137
    Abstract: Success in generating or curtailing seizures is related to their onset time, with inhibition proving less effective on earlier-onset afterdischarges. To identify targets for intervention, fMRI or simultaneous fMRI-LFP is used to map the seizure network of afterdischarges initiated from the dorsal and ventral hippocampus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ben A. Duffy, ManKin Choy, Jin Hyung Lee
  • IMAGING INDIVIDUAL HIPPOCAMPAL SEIZURES AND THE LONG-TERM IMPACT OF REPEATED SEIZURES
    Publication number: 20220408703
    Abstract: It is shown that ventral hippocampal kindling results in functional reorganization of the ventral hippocampal excitatory circuits. Most pronounced is the connectivity to the medial prefrontal cortex, with increased volume of activation on fMRI and increased amplitude of activation on electrophysiology. There is evidence of increased anxiety following kindling Methods are provided for simultaneous LFP-fMRI to image single seizures Imaging the spatiotemporal dynamics of individual seizures enables characterization of propagation patterns of focal and secondary-generalized seizures, that provide for targeted intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jin Hyung Lee, Mankin Choy, Ben A. Duffy
  • Carbon Fiber Optrodes for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Compatible Optogenetics
    Publication number: 20180199850
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for carrying out magnetic resonance imaging compatible optogenetics; and methods for using the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Jin Hyung Lee, Ben A. Duffy