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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190344074
    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: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Yuri P. Gerasimenko, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20190167987
    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: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel C. Lu, V. Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Yury P. Gerasimenko
  • Publication number: 20180361146
    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: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Yury P. Gerasimenko, Victor Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Daniel C. Lu
  • Patent number: 10137299
    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: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Daniel C. Lu, V. Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Yury P. Gerasimenko
  • Patent number: 10124166
    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: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Neuroenabling Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Yury P. Gerasimenko, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20180185642
    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: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Daniel C. Lu
  • Patent number: 9993642
    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: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Yury Gerasimenko, Victor Reggie Edgerton, Roland R. Roy, Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20170274209
    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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Parag Gad, Roland R. Roy, Yury P. Gerasimenko, Daniel C. Lu, Hui Zhong
  • Publication number: 20170165497
    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: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventor: DANIEL C. LU
  • Publication number: 20170007831
    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: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: V. Reggie EDGERTON, Yury GERASIMENKO, Roland R. ROY, Daniel C. LU
  • Publication number: 20160235977
    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: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel C. LU, V. Reggie EDGERTON, Roland R. ROY, Yury P. GERASIMENKO
  • Patent number: 9415218
    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: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University Of California
    Inventors: V. Reggie Edgerton, Yury Gerasimenko, Roland R. Roy, Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20160220813
    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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Yury P. Gerasimenko, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Daniel C. Lu
  • Patent number: 9393409
    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, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Neuroenabling Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Yuri P. Gerasimenko, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20160030737
    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: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Yury GERASIMENKO, Victor Reggie EDGERTON, Roland R. ROY, Daniel C. LU
  • Publication number: 20140316484
    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: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Victor Reggie Edgerton, Yuri P. Gerasimenko, Nicholas A. Terrafranca, Daniel C. Lu
  • Publication number: 20140296752
    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: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: V. Reggie Edgerton, Yury Gerasimenko, Roland R. Roy, Daniel C. Lu