Patents by Inventor Darcy Peterka

Darcy Peterka 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: 20240142757
    Abstract: Exemplary systems, method and compute-accessible medium can be provided, e.g., for a visual stimulation or an optogenetic activation during a scan of at an object. For example, it is possible to utilize a controller which can be configured to receive signal information regarding the scan, and to precisely control a light engine. The exemplary control of the light engine can be used to activate and deactivate a light source or a plurality of light sources (e.g., one or more at least one light emitting diodes). using the signal information. For example, a digital micromirror device can be utilized through which the light engine is precisely controlled for a full field projection, or patterned projection, wherein the light engine can comprise up to eight high power light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: RICHARD HORMIGO, RUDY BEHNIA, SEYED NAVID MOUSAVI, DARCY PETERKA, TANYA TABACHNIK
  • Patent number: 11531207
    Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide method, system, arrangement, computer-accessible medium and device to stimulate individual neurons in brain slices in any arbitrary spatio-temporal pattern, using two-photon uncaging of photo-sensitive compounds such as MNI-glutamate and/or RuBi-Glutamate with beam multiplexing. Such exemplary method and device can have single-cell and three-dimensional precision. For example, by sequentially stimulating up to a thousand potential presynaptic neurons, it is possible to generate detailed functional maps of inputs to a cell. In addition, it is possible to combine this exemplary approach with two-photon calcium imaging in an all-optical method to image and manipulate circuit activity. Further exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can include a light-weight, compact portable device providing for uses in a wide variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Volodymyr Nikolenko, Rafael Yuste, Brendon O. Watson, Darcy Peterka
  • Publication number: 20180173004
    Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide method, system, arrangement, computer-accessible medium and device to stimulate individual neurons in brain slices in any arbitrary spatio-temporal pattern, using two-photon uncaging of photo-sensitive compounds such as MNI-glutamate and/or RuBi-Glutamate with beam multiplexing. Such exemplary method and device can have single-cell and three-dimensional precision. For example, by sequentially stimulating up to a thousand potential presynaptic neurons, it is possible to generate detailed functional maps of inputs to a cell. In addition, it is possible to combine this exemplary approach with two-photon calcium imaging in an all-optical method to image and manipulate circuit activity. Further exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can include a light-weight, compact portable device providing for uses in a wide variety of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: VOLODYMYR NIKOLENKO, Rafael Yuste, Brendon O. Watson, Darcy Peterka
  • Patent number: 9846313
    Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide method, system, arrangement, computer-accessible medium and device to stimulate individual neurons in brain slices in any arbitrary spatio-temporal pattern, using two-photon uncaging of photo-sensitive compounds such as MNI-glutamate and/or RuBi-Glutamate with beam multiplexing. Such exemplary method and device can have single-cell and three-dimensional precision. For example, by sequentially stimulating up to a thousand potential presynaptic neurons, it is possible to generate detailed functional maps of inputs to a cell. In addition, it is possible to combine this exemplary approach with two-photon calcium imaging in an all-optical method to image and manipulate circuit activity. Further exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can include a light-weight, compact portable device providing for uses in a wide variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Volodymyr Nikolenko, Rafael Yuste, Brendon O. Watson, Darcy Peterka
  • Publication number: 20110233046
    Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide method, system, arrangement, computer-accessible medium and device to stimulate individual neurons in brain slices in any arbitrary spatio-temporal pattern, using two-photon uncaging of photo-sensitive compounds such as MNI-glutamate and/or RuBi-Glutamate with beam multiplexing. Such exemplary method and device can have single-cell and three-dimensional precision. For example, by sequentially stimulating up to a thousand potential presynaptic neurons, it is possible to generate detailed functional maps of inputs to a cell. In addition, it is possible to combine this exemplary approach with two-photon calcium imaging in an all-optical method to image and manipulate circuit activity. Further exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can include a light-weight, compact portable device providing for uses in a wide variety of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Volodymyr Nikolenko, Rafael Yuste, Brendon O. Watson, Darcy Peterka