Patents by Inventor Dirkes MARCEL CORNELIS

Dirkes MARCEL CORNELIS 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 AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PAIN THRESHOLD OF A SUBJECT
    Publication number: 20190059809
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for determining a pain threshold of a subject, the apparatus comprising a processing unit adapted to monitor the subject to identify a suitable time for determining the pain threshold of the subject; control a first electrode to deliver an electric signal to a sural nerve of the subject at an identified suitable time; receive a first output signal from a first sensor that measures a reaction of a muscle of the subject to the electric signal; and determine the pain threshold of the subject from the received first output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Dirkes MARCEL CORNELIS, Jens MUEHLSTEFF, Johannes WEDA