Patents by Inventor Daniel C. Lu

Daniel C. Lu 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).

  • Patent number: 12226631
    Abstract: A neuromodulation system, device, and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a neuromodulation system includes a processor, a signal generator, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The processor in cooperation with the signal generator, the first electrode, and the second electrode are configured to deliver a transcutaneous stimulation to a mammal. The transcutaneous stimulation is configured by the processor for inducing voluntary movement in the mammal. The first electrode is positioned transcutaneously on a spinal cord and/or spinal cord dorsal roots of the mammal. Additionally, the second electrode is placed transcutaneously on or over at least one of the spinal cord and/or the spinal cord dorsal roots, a muscle, a nerve, or on or near a target end organ or bodily structure of the mammal. The second electrode is in communication with the first electrode through a hardwire or wireless connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of California
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Yuri P. Gerasimenko, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20240374541
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods are provided for applying transcutaneous and/or epidural spinal cord stimulation with and without selective pharmaceuticals to restore voluntary control of hand function in tetraplegic subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Daniel C. LU, V. Reggie EDGERTON, Roland R. ROY, Yury P. GERASIMENKO
  • Patent number: 12076301
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods are provided for applying transcutaneous and/or epidural spinal cord stimulation with and without selective pharmaceuticals to restore voluntary control of hand function in tetraplegic subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Daniel C. Lu, V. Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Yury P. Gerasimenko
  • Patent number: 12023492
    Abstract: A neuromodulation system, device, and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a neuromodulation method includes providing a neuromodulation system including a processor, a signal generator communicatively coupled to the processor, and at least one transcutaneous electrode communicatively coupled to the signal generator. The method also includes causing the at least one transcutaneous electrode to be applied a human patient having at least one dysfunctional spinal circuit. The method further includes facilitating transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the patient's spinal cord via the processor in cooperation with the signal generator causing activation of at least one spinal network (“SN”) to enable or improve voluntary movements of the patient's arms, trunk, and legs, or autonomic control of at least one of sexual activity, vasomotor activity, speech, swallowing, chewing, cardiovascular function, respiratory activity, body temperature, metabolic processes, or cognitive function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of California
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Yuri P. Gerasimenko, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20240198100
    Abstract: Systems and methods for conditioning respiratory muscles in a patient are described. In some variations, a method for conditioning respiratory muscles in a patient may include administering a stimulation signal to a thoracic spinal cord region of a patient, where the stimulation signal is effective to augment and/or sustain activation of one or more respiratory muscles in the patient, thereby maintaining strength of the one or more respiratory muscles. In some variations, the method includes administering the stimulation signa in response to detecting an inspiratory phase of the patient, such as via one or more sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20230271004
    Abstract: A neuromodulation system, device, and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a neuromodulation system includes a processor, a signal generator, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The processor in cooperation with the signal generator, the first electrode, and the second electrode are configured to deliver a transcutaneous stimulation to a mammal. The transcutaneous stimulation is configured by the processor for inducing voluntary movement in the mammal. The first electrode is positioned transcutaneously on a spinal cord and/or spinal cord dorsal roots of the mammal. Additionally, the second electrode is placed transcutaneously on or over at least one of the spinal cord and/or the spinal cord dorsal roots, a muscle, a nerve, or on or near a target end organ or bodily structure of the mammal. The second electrode is in communication with the first electrode through a hardwire or wireless connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Yuri P. Gerasimenko, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20220313993
    Abstract: In various embodiments, non-invasive methods to induce motor control in a mammal subject to spinal cord or other neurological injuries are provided. In some embodiments the methods involve administering transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) to the mammal at a frequency and intensity that induces locomotor activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Yury P. Gerasimenko, Victor Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Daniel C. Lu
  • Patent number: 11400284
    Abstract: In various embodiments, non-invasive methods to induce motor control in a mammal subject to spinal cord or other neurological injuries are provided. In some embodiments the methods involve administering transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) to the mammal at a frequency and intensity that induces locomotor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Yury P. Gerasimenko, Victor Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20220161042
    Abstract: In various embodiments methods and devices are provided for facilitating locomotor function and/or voiding of bladder and/or bowel in a subject with a neuromotor disorder. In certain embodiments the methods involve providing magnetic stimulation of the spinal cord at a location, frequency and intensity sufficient to facilitate locomotor function and/or voiding of bladder and/or bowel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20210378991
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods are provided for applying transcutaneous and/or epidural spinal cord stimulation with and without selective pharmaceuticals to restore voluntary control of hand function in tetraplegic subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Daniel C. Lu, V. Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Yury P. Gerasimenko
  • Publication number: 20210299441
    Abstract: A neuromodulation system, device, and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a neuromodulation method includes providing a neuromodulation system including a processor, a signal generator communicatively coupled to the processor, and at least one transcutaneous electrode communicatively coupled to the signal generator. The method also includes causing the at least one transcutaneous electrode to be applied a human patient having at least one dysfunctional spinal circuit. The method further includes facilitating transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the patient's spinal cord via the processor in cooperation with the signal generator causing activation of at least one spinal network (“SN”) to enable or improve voluntary movements of the patient's arms, trunk, and legs, or autonomic control of at least one of sexual activity, vasomotor activity, speech, swallowing, chewing, cardiovascular function, respiratory activity, body temperature, metabolic processes, or cognitive function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Yuri P. Gerasimenko, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Daniel C. Lu
  • Patent number: 11123312
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods are provided for applying transcutaneous and/or epidural spinal cord stimulation with and without selective pharmaceuticals to restore voluntary control of hand function in tetraplegic subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Daniel C. Lu, V. Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Yury P. Gerasimenko
  • Patent number: 11097122
    Abstract: In various embodiments methods and devices are provided for facilitating locomotor function and/or voiding of bladder and/or bowel in a subject with a neuromotor disorder. In certain embodiments the methods involve providing magnetic stimulation of the spinal cord at a location, frequency and intensity sufficient to facilitate locomotor function and/or voiding of bladder and/or bowel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20210236837
    Abstract: In various embodiments methods and devices are provided for facilitating locomotor function and/or voiding of bladder and/or bowel in a subject with a neuromotor disorder. In certain embodiments the methods involve providing magnetic stimulation of the spinal cord at a location, frequency and intensity sufficient to facilitate locomotor function and/or voiding of bladder and/or bowel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20210187278
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods are provided to improve motor function, and/or to improve motor control, and/or to improve sensory function, and/or to reduce pain in subjects with nerve root palsies (e.g., radiculopathies including, but not limited to cauda equina syndrome). In certain embodiments, methods are provided for the magnetic stimulation of the spinal cord or regions thereof to improve motor function of upper and/or lower extremities in subjects with impaired extremity motor function due to spinal cord or brain injury or pathology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Daniel C. Lu
  • Patent number: 11033736
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a neuromodulation system for inducing locomotor activity in a mammal, in cooperation with a signal generator and an electrode, delivers a signal with an overlapping high frequency pulse to a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Yuri P. Gerasimenko, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Daniel C. Lu
  • Patent number: 10806927
    Abstract: This disclosure provides non-invasive methods to induce motor control in a mammal subject to spinal cord or other neurological injuries. In certain embodiments the method involves administering transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) to the mammal at a frequency and intensity that induces the desired locomotor activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: V. Reggie Edgerton, Yury Gerasimenko, Roland R. Roy, Daniel C. Lu
  • Patent number: 10751533
    Abstract: In various embodiments methods and devices are provided for regulating bladder function in a subject after a spinal cord and/or brain injury. In certain embodiments the methods comprise applying a pattern of electrical stimulation to the Lumbosacral spinal cord at a frequency and intensity sufficient to initiate micturition and/or to improve the amount of bladder emptying. In certain embodiments the electrical stimulation is at a frequency and intensity sufficient to improve the amount of bladder emptying (e.g., to provide at least 30% emptying or at least 40% emptying, or at least 50% emptying, or at least 60% emptying, or at least 70% emptying, or at least 80% emptying, or at least 90% emptying, or at least 95% emptying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Parag Gad, Roland R. Roy, Yury P. Gerasimenko, Daniel C. Lu, Hui Zhong
  • Publication number: 20200155865
    Abstract: In various embodiments methods and devices are provided for facilitating sexual function in a subject with a neuromotor disorder. In certain embodiments the methods involve providing magnetic stimulation of the spinal cord at a location, frequency and intensity sufficient to facilitate sexual function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20190381313
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods are provided for improving, and/or regulating, and/or restoring respiration in a subject with a respiratory deficiency. In certain embodiments the methods involve neuromodulating the cervical spinal cord of a subject by administering transcutaneous stimulation to the cervical spinal cord or a region thereof at a frequency and intensity sufficient to regulate and/or to restore respiration; and/or neuromodulating the cervical spinal cord of a subject by administering epidural stimulation to the cervical spinal cord or a region thereof at a frequency and intensity sufficient to regulate and/or to restore respiration; and/or neuromodulating the cervical spinal cord of a subject with a magnetic stimulator at a frequency and intensity sufficient to regulate and/or to restore respiration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel C. Lu