Patents by Inventor Elmar Laistler

Elmar Laistler 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 system for combined transcranial magnetic simulation (TMS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies
    Patent number: 9924889
    Abstract: A method for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of a stimulation area of medical interest, combined with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for visualization of the response of, for example neurons, is disclosed. An ultra-thin magnetic resonance coil, MR coil, positioned in the immediate vicinity over an area where the response of, for example neurons, is to be detected, and preferably sandwiched between the TMS coil and the area, provides an excellent signal-to-noise ratio. The TMS can be performed directly through the MR coil. A great deal of flexibility in the number of the TMS and MR coils in use and their spatial arrangement is provided. A corresponding system for the TMS/fMRI studies is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
    Inventors: Lucia Isabel Navarro de Lara, Christian Windischberger, Elmar Laistler, Jürgen Sieg, Ewald Moser, André Kühne
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMBINED TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC SIMULATION (TMS) AND FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (fMRI) STUDIES
    Publication number: 20150099963
    Abstract: A method for transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of a stimulation area of medical interest, combined with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for visualization of the response of, for example neurons, is disclosed. An ultra-thin magnetic resonance coil, MR coil, positioned in the immediate vicinity over an area where the response of, for example neurons, is to be detected, and preferably sandwiched between the TMS coil and the area, provides an excellent signal-to-noise ratio. The TMS can be performed directly through the MR coil. A great deal of flexibility in the number of the TMS and MR coils in use and their spatial arrangement is provided. A corresponding system for the TMS/fMRI studies is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Medical University of Vienna
    Inventors: Lucia Isabel Navarro de Lara, Christian Windischberger, Elmar Laistler, Jürgen Sieg, Ewald Moser, André Kühne