Patents by Inventor Earl K. Miller

Earl K. Miller 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: 11213683
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for selectively reinforcing or weakening memory associations. At least one current generator provides an electrical current including a plurality of oscillating pulses with at least one predetermined frequency. A user interface includes at least one output device for delivering a sensory stimulus to a user and at least one user input device for registering a response to the stimulus. At least one processor determines from the response, based on at least one predetermined standard, whether an underlying memory association is desired or undesired and respectively sets the at least one predetermined frequency to be a beta or theta frequency. Consequently, the electrical current is generated and administered, via at least one electrode pair, thereby stimulating at least one specific portion of the user's brain so as to reinforce or weaken the underlying memory association.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Earl K. Miller, Scott L. Brincat
  • Publication number: 20200261422
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for reversing the effects of a sedation agent or general anesthetic agents. The methods are useful for example for assessing a patient during a surgical procedure or a patient's physiologic state during and/or after a surgical procedure. Other uses for the methods and compositions include modulating a circadian rhythm, treating cardiac arrest, hypotension and bradycardia, and preventing emergence delirium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jacob A. Donoghue, Emery N. Brown, Earl K. Miller, Noah D. Donoghue
  • Publication number: 20180028813
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for selectively reinforcing or weakening memory associations. At least one current generator provides an electrical current including a plurality of oscillating pulses with at least one predetermined frequency. A user interface includes at least one output device for delivering a sensory stimulus to a user and at least one user input device for registering a response to the stimulus. At least one processor determines from the response, based on at least one predetermined standard, whether an underlying memory association is desired or undesired and respectively sets the at least one predetermined frequency to be a beta or theta frequency. Consequently, the electrical current is generated and administered, via at least one electrode pair, thereby stimulating at least one specific portion of the user's brain so as to reinforce or weaken the underlying memory association.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Earl K. Miller, Scott L. Brincat