Patents by Inventor Ernesto A. Gerardo

Ernesto A. Gerardo 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).

  • Monocular light source positioning device and method for stimulating photoneuronic response
    Patent number: 8715328
    Abstract: A monocular light source positioning device includes a support member which held on the head of a user to hold an elongated readily bendable but self supporting element having a light source effective to stimulate a photo-endocrine response attached at a free end thereof positioned over or in front of only one eye of the person to provide a method of stimulating a photoendocrine response without interfering with the principal field of view of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventor: Ernesto Gerardo
  • Monocular Light Source Positioning Device and Method for Stimulating Photoneuronic Response
    Publication number: 20110130810
    Abstract: A monocular light source positioning device includes a support member which held on the head of a user to hold an elongated readily bendable but self supporting element having a light source effective to stimulate a photo-endocrine response attached at a free end thereof positioned over or in front of only one eye of the person to provide a method of stimulating a photoendocrine response without interfering with the principal field of view of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Ernesto A. Gerardo
  • Method of treating seasonal affective disorder
    Patent number: 5447528
    Abstract: A method of treating Seasonal Affective Disorder is described using a portable photoneuronic energizer for providing a headworn portable full spectrum light source to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder comprising head support means, a full spectrum light mounted on a visor to be positioned to cause indirect light to enter the wearer's eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Inventor: Ernesto Gerardo
  • Portable photoneuronic energizer
    Patent number: 5292345
    Abstract: A portable photoneuronic energizer for providing a portable full spectrum light source to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder comprising head support means, a full spectrum light mounted on the head support means and positioned for indirect light to enter the user's eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Inventor: Ernesto A. Gerardo