Patents by Inventor Christine A. McLeavey Payne

Christine A. McLeavey Payne 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).

  • Materials and approaches for optical stimulation of the peripheral nervous system
    Patent number: 10583309
    Abstract: A variety of methods, devices, systems and arrangements are implemented for stimulation of the peripheral nervous system. Consistent with one embodiment of the present invention, method is implemented in which light-responsive channels or pumps are engineered in a set of motor units that includes motor units of differing physical volumes. Optical stimuli are also provided to the light-responsive channels or pumps at an optical intensity that is a function of the size of motor units to be recruited. In certain implementations, the intensity of the optical stimuli is increased so as to recruit increasingly larger motor units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Karl A. Deisseroth, Scott L. Delp, Michael E. Llewellyn, Christine A. McLeavey Payne
  • MATERIALS AND APPROACHES FOR OPTICAL STIMULATION OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170072219
    Abstract: A variety of methods, devices, systems and arrangements are implemented for stimulation of the peripheral nervous system. Consistent with one embodiment of the present invention, method is implemented in which light-responsive channels or pumps are engineered in a set of motor units that includes motor units of differing physical volumes. Optical stimuli are also provided to the light-responsive channels or pumps at an optical intensity that is a function of the size of motor units to be recruited. In certain implementations, the intensity of the optical stimuli is increased so as to recruit increasingly larger motor units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Karl A. Deisseroth, Scott L. Delp, Michael E. Llewellyn, Christine A. McLeavey Payne
  • Materials and approaches for optical stimulation of the peripheral nervous system
    Patent number: 9308392
    Abstract: A variety of methods, devices, systems and arrangements are implemented for stimulation of the peripheral nervous system. Consistent with one embodiment of the present invention, method is implemented in which light-responsive channels or pumps are engineered in a set of motor units that includes motor units of differing physical volumes. Optical stimuli are also provided to the light-responsive channels or pumps at an optical intensity that is a function of the size of motor units to be recruited. In certain implementations, the intensity of the optical stimuli is increased so as to recruit increasingly larger motor units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Karl Deisseroth, Scott L. Delp, Michael E. Llewellyn, Christine A. McLeavey Payne
  • Materials and approaches for optical stimulation of the peripheral nervous system
    Patent number: 9101759
    Abstract: A variety of methods, devices, systems and arrangements are implemented for stimulation of the peripheral nervous system. Consistent with one embodiment of the present invention, method is implemented in which light-responsive channels or pumps are engineered in a set of motor units that includes motor units of differing physical volumes. Optical stimuli are also provided to the light-responsive channels or pumps at an optical intensity that is a function of the size of motor units to be recruited. In certain implementations, the intensity of the optical stimuli is increased so as to recruit increasingly larger motor units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Scott L. Delp, Michael E. Llewellyn, Karl Deisseroth, Christine A. McLeavey Payne
  • Materials and Approaches for Optical Stimulation of the Peripheral Nervous System
    Publication number: 20140324133
    Abstract: A variety of methods, devices, systems and arrangements are implemented for stimulation of the peripheral nervous system. Consistent with one embodiment of the present invention, method is implemented in which light-responsive channels or pumps are engineered in a set of motor units that includes motor units of differing physical volumes. Optical stimuli are also provided to the light-responsive channels or pumps at an optical intensity that is a function of the size of motor units to be recruited. In certain implementations, the intensity of the optical stimuli is increased so as to recruit increasingly larger motor units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Karl A. Deisseroth, Scott L. Delp, Michael E. Llewellyn, Christine A. McLeavey Payne