Patents by Inventor Bernhard Pelz

Bernhard Pelz 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).

  • Device and method for stimulating neuronal tissue by means of optical stimuli
    Patent number: 8721695
    Abstract: A device with a control unit and a plurality of stimulation units configured to be implanted in the body of a patient and generate optical stimuli, wherein the optical stimuli reset the phase of the neuronal activity of the neurons during the stimulation of neurons exhibiting abnormally synchronous and oscillatory neuronal activity, and the control unit is configured to actuate the stimulation units such that at least two of the stimulation units reset the phases of the respectively stimulated neurons at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, ANM Adaptive Neuromodulation GmbH
    Inventors: Peter A. Tass, Marcus Goetz, Bernhard Pelz, Stefan Fischer, Jean-Christophe Roulet, Urban Schnell
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STIMULATING NEURONAL TISSUE BY MEANS OF OPTICAL STIMULI
    Publication number: 20100324631
    Abstract: A device with a control unit and a plurality of stimulation units configured to be implanted in the body of a patient and generate optical stimuli, wherein the optical stimuli reset the phase of the neuronal activity of the neurons during the stimulation of neurons exhibiting abnormally synchronous and oscillatory neuronal activity, and the control unit is configured to actuate the stimulation units such that at least two of the stimulation units reset the phases of the respectively stimulated neurons at different times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicants: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, ANM Adaptive Neuromodulation GmbH
    Inventors: Peter A. Tass, Marcus Goetz, Bernhard Pelz, Stefan Fischer, Jean-Christophe Roulet, Urban Schnell