Patents by Inventor Charles C Della Santina
Charles C Della Santina 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).
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Patent number: 9242094Abstract: An implantable nerve stimulation device has a sensor system, a data processor in communication with the sensor system, and a nerve stimulation system in communication with the data processor and constructed to provide electrical stimulation to at least one branch of at least one vestibulocochlear nerve. The nerve stimulation system includes an electrode array that has a first plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a superior branch of the vestibular nerve, a second plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a horizontal branch of the vestibular nerve, a third plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a posterior branch of the vestibular nerve, and a common crus reference electrode structured to be surgically implanted into a common crus of the vestibular labyrinth.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Charles C. Della Santina, Gene Yevgeny Fridman, Bryce Chiang
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Patent number: 9211407Abstract: An implantable nerve stimulation device has a sensor system, a data processor in communication with the sensor system, and a nerve stimulation system in communication with the data processor and constructed to provide electrical stimulation to at least one branch of at least one vestibulocochlear nerve. The nerve stimulation system includes an electrode array that has a first plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a superior branch of the vestibular nerve, a second plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a horizontal branch of the vestibular nerve, a third plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a posterior branch of the vestibular nerve, and a common crus reference electrode structured to be surgically implanted into a common crus of the vestibular labyrinth.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Charles C. Della Santina, Gene Yevgeny Fridman, Bryce Chiang
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Publication number: 20150209580Abstract: An implantable nerve stimulation device has a sensor system, a data processor in communication with the sensor system, and a nerve stimulation system in communication with the data processor and constructed to provide electrical stimulation to at least one branch of at least one vestibulocochlear nerve. The nerve stimulation system includes an electrode array that has a first plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a superior branch of the vestibular nerve, a second plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a horizontal branch of the vestibular nerve, a third plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a posterior branch of the vestibular nerve, and a common crus reference electrode structured to be surgically implanted into a common crus of the vestibular labyrinth.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Charles C. Della Santina, Gene Yevgeny Fridman, Bryce Chiang
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Publication number: 20150039057Abstract: An implantable nerve stimulation device has a sensor system, a data processor in communication with the sensor system, and a nerve stimulation system in communication with the data processor and constructed to provide electrical stimulation to at least one branch of at least one vestibulocochlear nerve. The nerve stimulation system includes an electrode array that has a first plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a superior branch of the vestibular nerve, a second plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a horizontal branch of the vestibular nerve, a third plurality of electrodes structured to be surgically implanted in electrical communication with a posterior branch of the vestibular nerve, and a common crus reference electrode structured to be surgically implanted into a common crus of the vestibular labyrinth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYInventors: Charles C. DELLA SANTINA, Gene Yevgeny FRIDMAN, Bryce CHIANG
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Patent number: 8529463Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for testing vestibular and oculomotor function. One aspect of the invention provides a vestibular and oculomotor function testing device including a track supported by a plurality of bearings, an engine configured to selectively displace the track, and a head coupling component coupled to the track. The head coupling component is configured to convey a movement generated by the engine to a subject's head in one or more axes.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Charles C. Della Santina, Tjen Sin Lie, Bryce Chiang
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Publication number: 20110152711Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for testing vestibular and oculomotor function. One aspect of the invention provides a vestibular and oculomotor function testing device including a track supported by a plurality of bearings, an engine configured to selectively displace the track, and a head coupling component coupled to the track. The head coupling component is configured to convey a movement generated by the engine to a subject's head in one or more axes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYInventors: Charles C. Della Santina, Tjen-Sin Lie, Bryce Chiang
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Patent number: 7647120Abstract: A system for treating patients affected both by hearing loss and by balance disorders related to vestibular hypofunction and/or malfunction, which includes sensors of sound and head movement, processing circuitry, a power source, and an implantable electrical stimulator capable of stimulating areas of the cochlea and areas of the vestibular system.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2007Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignees: John Hopkins School of Medicine, Advanced Bionics, LLCInventors: Charles C. Della Santina, Michael A. Faltys
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Patent number: 7465050Abstract: A device for measuring the three-dimensional movements of an eye includes: (a) a mark array that identifies prescribed positions on the eye whose movements are to be measured, (b) a digital camera for capturing the two-dimensional images of this marker array as the eye is moved, (c) a light source that illuminates the marker array with an output that is outside the spectral range of the camera, (d) light source that are used to align the camera's optical axis with the center of the eye, (e) an algorithm for computing the three-dimensional positions of the marker array from the information contained in the captured digital images , and (f) a base for fixing the position of the camera relative to the position of the eye, wherein the materials of the marker array are chosen so that the array has the ability to, when illuminated as described above, give off energy that is in the spectral range of the device's camera.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2005Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Americo A. Migliaccio, Charles C. Della Santina, Hamish G. MacDougall
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Patent number: 7225028Abstract: A system for treating patients affected both by hearing loss and by balance disorders related to vestibular hypofunction and/or malfunction, which includes sensors of sound and head movement, processing circuitry, a power source, and an implantable electrical stimulator capable of stimulating areas of the cochlea and areas of the vestibular system.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignees: Advanced Bionics Corporation, Johns Hopkins School of MedicineInventors: Charles C Della Santina, Michael A Faltys