Patents by Inventor Eberhardt K. Sauerland

Eberhardt K. Sauerland 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: 20230277411
    Abstract: A device for stimulating at least one cranial nerve and/or spinal nerve is described. The device includes a vibratory motor, and an earpiece, wherein the earpiece is molded substantially to fit within the external ear canal and contacting the concha of a subject's ear. A method of reducing migraine headache and trigeminal neuropathy pain is also described. The method includes positioning a vibratory earpiece within an ear of a subject, applying vibrational energy to at least a portion of the skin of at least one of the auditory canal, auricle and concha of the ear, thereby stimulating at least one sensory fiber of at least one of cranial nerve 5, cranial nerve 7, cranial nerve 9, cranial nerve 10, spinal nerve C2, and spinal nerve C3. A method to normalize breathing, normalize blood pressure, induce sleep, increase salivation, and improve vertigo, nausea, and visual dysfunction accompanying migraine is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ronald M. Harper, Eberhardt K. Sauerland
  • Patent number: 11471372
    Abstract: A device for stimulating at least one cranial nerve and/or spinal nerve is described. The device includes a vibratory motor, and an earpiece, wherein the earpiece is molded substantially to fit within the external ear canal and contacting the concha of a subject's ear. A method of reducing migraine headache and trigeminal neuropathy pain is also described. The method includes positioning a vibratory earpiece within an ear of a subject, applying vibrational energy to at least a portion of the skin of at least one of the auditory canal, auricle and concha of the ear, thereby stimulating at least one sensory fiber of at least one of cranial nerve 5, cranial nerve 7, cranial nerve 9, cranial nerve 10, spinal nerve C2, and spinal nerve C3. A method to normalize breathing, normalize blood pressure, induce sleep, increase salivation, and improve vertigo, nausea, and visual dysfunction accompanying migraine is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Ronald M. Harper, Eberhardt K. Sauerland
  • Publication number: 20220211319
    Abstract: A method for reducing epileptic seizures in a subject includes the steps of providing a vibration motor coupled to a controller configured to control vibratory motion of the vibration motor, positioning at least one vibration motor on a limb of the subject, and generating a vibratory stimulation signal configured to stimulate proprioceptive nerves in the limb to trigger kinesthetic cues that stimulate nerves in cerebellar and pontine areas of the brain to suppress seizure activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald M. HARPER, Eberhardt K. SAUERLAND, Christopher M. DeGiorgio
  • Publication number: 20220096318
    Abstract: A device for stimulating at least one cranial nerve and/or spinal nerve is described. The device includes a vibratory motor, and an earpiece, wherein the earpiece is molded substantially to fit within the external ear canal and contacting the concha of a subject's ear. The present invention provides a method of reducing migraine headache, trigeminal neuropathy pain, normalize breathing, normalize blood pressure, induce sleep, increase salivation, improve vertigo, nausea, and visual dysfunction. A method for non invasive neuromodulation includes the steps of positioning a vibratory earpiece within an external ear canal of a subject, applying vibrational energy through the vibratory earpiece to stimulate mechanoreceptors of sensory fibers on cranial nerves 5, 7, 9 and 10, and cervical nerves C2 and C3, and regulating the subject's breathing and blood pressure simultaneously based on the stimulation. Further, the present invention provides a method for treating sleep-disturbed breathing and autonomic disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald M. Harper, Eberhardt K. Sauerland
  • Publication number: 20190192378
    Abstract: A device for stimulating at least one cranial nerve and/or spinal nerve is described. The device includes a vibratory motor, and an earpiece, wherein the earpiece is molded substantially to fit within the external ear canal and contacting the concha of a subject's ear. A method of reducing migraine headache and trigeminal neuropathy pain is also described. The method includes positioning a vibratory earpiece within an ear of a subject, applying vibrational energy to at least a portion of the skin of at least one of the auditory canal, auricle and concha of the ear, thereby stimulating at least one sensory fiber of at least one of cranial nerve 5, cranial nerve 7, cranial nerve 9, cranial nerve 10, spinal nerve C2, and spinal nerve C3. A method to normalize breathing, normalize blood pressure, induce sleep, increase salivation, and improve vertigo, nausea, and visual dysfunction accompanying migraine is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Ronald M. Harper, Eberhardt K. Sauerland
  • Publication number: 20190151604
    Abstract: The invention describes a non-electrically stimulation system, devices, and methods for non-invasive vibration stimulation procedures for treating, reducing and alleviating symptoms associated with pain, e.g., headache pain, migraine pain, and joint pain, stroke, mood, vascular action, breathing disorders during sleep and waking, limb, head and swallowing movement disorders, and sleep induction. The invention also describes a system, devices, and methods for non-invasive vibration stimulation procedures for retraining breathing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ronald M. HARPER, Eberhardt K. SAUERLAND
  • Patent number: 10045907
    Abstract: A device for stimulating at least one cranial nerve and/or spinal nerve is described. The device includes a vibratory motor, and an earpiece, wherein the earpiece is molded substantially to fit within the external ear canal and contacting the concha of a subject's ear. A method of reducing migraine headache and trigeminal neuropathy pain is also described. The method includes positioning a vibratory earpiece within an ear of a subject, applying vibrational energy to at least a portion of the skin of at least one of the auditory canal, auricle and concha of the ear, thereby stimulating at least one sensory fiber of at least one of cranial nerve 5, cranial nerve 7, cranial nerve 9, cranial nerve 10, spinal nerve C2, and spinal nerve C3. A method to normalize breathing, normalize blood pressure, induce sleep, increase salivation, and improve vertigo, nausea, and visual dysfunction accompanying migraine is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Ronald M. Harper, Eberhardt K. Sauerland
  • Publication number: 20150141879
    Abstract: A device for stimulating at least one cranial nerve and/or spinal nerve is described. The device includes a vibratory motor, and an earpiece, wherein the earpiece is molded substantially to fit within the external ear canal and contacting the concha of a subject's ear. A method of reducing migraine headache and trigeminal neuropathy pain is also described. The method includes positioning a vibratory earpiece within an ear of a subject, applying vibrational energy to at least a portion of the skin of at least one of the auditory canal, auricle and concha of the ear, thereby stimulating at least one sensory fiber of at least one of cranial nerve 5, cranial nerve 7, cranial nerve 9, cranial nerve 10, spinal nerve C2, and spinal nerve C3. A method to normalize breathing, normalize blood pressure, induce sleep, increase salivation, and improve vertigo, nausea, and visual dysfunction accompanying migraine is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald M. Harper, Eberhardt K. Sauerland