Patents by Inventor Gerald Edwin HUNSBERGER

Gerald Edwin HUNSBERGER 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: 11672972
    Abstract: A nerve interface device including at least one cuff portion having an assembled position in which the cuff portion forms at least part of a passageway for receiving a nerve along a longitudinal axis passing through the passageway; and first and second rings of electrodes mounted on the at least one cuff portion, each ring of electrodes including a plurality of electrodes. Each electrode in the first ring has a corresponding longitudinally-aligned electrode in the second ring so as to form a plurality of pairs of electrodes spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis. The plurality of pairs of electrodes includes at least a first pair of electrodes, the first pair of electrodes mounted on the at least one cuff portion. The at least one cuff portion includes an asymmetric configuration about a central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal cuff axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited, UCL Business PLC
    Inventors: Rizwan Bashirullah, Gerald Edwin Hunsberger, Matteo Donega, Daniel Chew, David Holder, Kirill Aristovich
  • Patent number: 11623098
    Abstract: There is provided a neural interface device for unidirectional stimulation of a nerve including at least one A-type nerve fiber or at least one at least partially myelinated nerve fiber. The device includes an electrode arrangement for placing on or around the nerve. The electrode arrangement includes a first electrode configured to be positively charged and a second electrode configured to be negatively charged, where the surface area of the second electrode is larger than the surface area of first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited
    Inventor: Gerald Edwin Hunsberger
  • Publication number: 20230018108
    Abstract: Modulation of neural activity of a ganglion, by applying a signal to a sympathetic nerve adjacent to the ganglion, results in preferential reduction of sympathetic signals to an effector, thereby providing ways of treating and preventing conditions associated with exacerbated sympatho-excitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Gerald Edwin Hunsberger, Arun Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20230010306
    Abstract: A stent for intravascular stimulation comprises a scaffold comprising first and second scaffold structures, each scaffold structure comprising at least one substantially annular portion. The stent further comprises one or more anodal electrodes formed from or electrically coupled to at least a substantially annular portion of the first scaffold structure and one or more cathodal electrodes electrically formed from or coupled to at least a substantially annular portion of the second scaffold structure. The stent further comprises an anodal lead electrically coupled to the first scaffold structure to form a conductive path from the one or more anodal electrodes to a generator and a cathodal lead electrically coupled to the second scaffold structure to form a conductive path from the one or more cathodal electrodes to the generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Rizwan Bashirullah, Gerald Edwin Hunsberger
  • Publication number: 20220409888
    Abstract: In embodiments a neural interface comprising at least one C-ring portion can be used to apply a pressure in a range of 0 mmHg to 30 mmHg to a target tissue arranged within the C-ring portion and comprising at least one electrode arranged on the at least one C-ring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Sebastien Ouchouche, David Karl Lee Peterson, Eric Irwin, Robert W. Coatney, Benjamin Yaffe, Morten Hansen, Faisal Zaidi, Thomas Burge, Pey-Jiun Ko, Cindy Au, Paul Matteucci, Mark Gregory Palmer, Gerald Edwin Hunsberger
  • Patent number: 11464976
    Abstract: Modulation of neural activity of a ganglion, by applying a signal to a sympathetic nerve adjacent to the ganglion, results in preferential reduction of sympathetic signals to an effector, thereby providing ways of treating and preventing conditions associated with exacerbated sympatho-excitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Gerald Edwin Hunsberger, Arun Sridhar
  • Publication number: 20220296886
    Abstract: A neuromodulation device for measuring an evoked response comprising a first electrode; a second electrode, wherein the first and second electrodes are alternately configured as a stimulation electrode; a sensing electrode for sensing an evoked response to a stimulus pulse; and a controller configured to measure an evoked response at the sensing electrode after a stimulus pulse at a first stimulation electrode configuration and after a stimulus pulse at a second alternate stimulation electrode configuration, and to add said pair of measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Rizwan Bashirullah, Gerald Edwin Hunsberger
  • Publication number: 20210093868
    Abstract: There is provided a neural interface device for unidirectional stimulation of a nerve including at least one A-type nerve fiber or at least one at least partially myelinated nerve fiber. The device includes an electrode arrangement for placing on or around the nerve. The electrode arrangement includes a first electrode configured to be positively charged and a second electrode configured to be negatively charged, where the surface area of the second electrode is larger than the surface area of first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Gerald Edwin HUNSBERGER
  • Publication number: 20210069504
    Abstract: Modulation of neural activity of a ganglion, by applying a signal to a sympathetic nerve adjacent to the ganglion, results in preferential reduction of sympathetic signals to an effector, thereby providing ways of treating and preventing conditions associated with exacerbated sympatho-excitation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Gerald Edwin HUNSBERGER, Arun SRIDHAR
  • Publication number: 20210069511
    Abstract: Modulation of neural activity of a cardiac-related nerve at an interganglionic nerve branch in the sympathetic chain results in preferential reduction of sympathetic signals to the heart, thereby providing ways of treating and preventing cardiac dysfunction such as arrhythmias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Galvani Bioelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Gerald Edwin HUNSBERGER, Arun SRIDHAR
  • Publication number: 20200316372
    Abstract: A nerve interface device including at least one cuff portion having an assembled position in which the cuff portion forms at least part of a passageway for receiving a nerve along a longitudinal axis passing through the passageway; and first and second rings of electrodes mounted on the at least one cuff portion, each ring of electrodes including a plurality of electrodes. Each electrode in the first ring has a corresponding longitudinally-aligned electrode in the second ring so as to form a plurality of pairs of electrodes spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis. The plurality of pairs of electrodes includes at least a first pair of electrodes, the first pair of electrodes mounted on the at least one cuff portion. The at least one cuff portion includes an asymmetric configuration about a central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal cuff axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Rizwan BASHIRULLAH, Gerald Edwin HUNSBERGER, Matteo DONEGA, Daniel CHEW, David Holder, Kirill ARISTOVICH
  • Publication number: 20200306534
    Abstract: A system for stimulation of a nerve and measuring impedance. The system includes a neural interface device including a plurality of electrodes; a voltage or current source operatively connected to at least a subset of the electrodes, wherein the voltage or current source is configured to generate an electrical signal to be applied to the electrodes; an impedance measuring module operatively connected to at least a subset of the electrodes, wherein the impedance measurement module is configured to measure the impedance between the electrodes; and a controller arranged to determine an amplitude of an action potential induced in the nerve, via the electrical signal, based on the measured impedance and to adjust the electrical signal in order to induce an action potential having a target amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Refet Firat YAZICIOGLU, Rizwan BASHIRULLAH, Gerald Edwin HUNSBERGER, Jr.