Patents by Inventor Cynthia S. Kubu

Cynthia S. Kubu 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).

  • METHOD OF IMPROVING NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20130317474
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of improving neuropsychological function in a patient having a neurocognitive disorder by chemical or electrically modulating a target site(s) in the ventral striatum/ventral capsule region. Methods also include modulating the treatment based on a closed-loop feedback system that measures bodily activities associated with the neuropsychological function (i.e. that help to determine whether a neuropsychological function is or can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ali R. Rezai, Cynthia S. Kubu
  • Methods of improving neuropsychological function in patients with neurocognitive disorders
    Patent number: 8538536
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of improving neuropsychological function in a patient having a neurocognitive disorder by chemical or electrically modulating a target site(s) in the ventral striatum/ventral capsule region. Methods also include modulating the treatment based on a closed-loop feedback system that measures bodily activities associated with the neuropsychological function (i.e. that help to determine whether a neuropsychological function is or can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Inventors: Ali Rezai, Cynthia S. Kubu
  • METHODS OF IMPROVING NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20080288018
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of improving neuropsychological function in a patient having a neurocognitive disorder by chemical or electrically modulating a target site(s) in the ventral striatum/ventral capsule region. Methods also include modulating the treatment based on a closed-loop feedback system that measures bodily activities associated with the neuropsychological function (i.e. that help to determine whether a neuropsychological function is or can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ali Rezai, Cynthia S. Kubu