Patents by Inventor Ian Gregson

Ian Gregson 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: 11110269
    Abstract: There is disclosed a device and method for delivering constant target current to a muscle for electro-stimulation of that muscle. One device is a completely self-contained device with no external means for the adjustment and control of the electro-stimulation delivered to the muscle during treatment. The microprocessor based device monitors indirectly the actual current delivered to the muscle during electro-stimulation via measurement of the return path voltage through the muscle and optionally in addition monitors and adjusts for the internal battery voltage during use of the device in order to deliver a more consistent an accurate and effective target output current to the muscle being stimulated at each and every pulse delivered from the device. The device is pre-programmed with an electro-stimulation treatment cycle and the whole treatment cycle, including the monitoring and adjustment required to achieve this treatment cycle, is automatic within the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: FEMEDA LTD.
    Inventor: Ian Gregson
  • Publication number: 20170216576
    Abstract: There is disclosed a device and method for delivering constant target current to a muscle for electro-stimulation of that muscle. One device is a completely self-contained device with no external means for the adjustment and control of the electro-stimulation delivered to the muscle during treatment. The microprocessor based device monitors indirectly the actual current delivered to the muscle during electro-stimulation via measurement of the return path voltage through the muscle and optionally in addition monitors and adjusts for the internal battery voltage during use of the device in order to deliver a more consistent an accurate and effective target output current to the muscle being stimulated at each and every pulse delivered from the device. The device is pre-programmed with an electro-stimulation treatment cycle and the whole treatment cycle, including the monitoring and adjustment required to achieve this treatment cycle, is automatic within the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: IAN GREGSON
  • Publication number: 20170143956
    Abstract: There is disclosed an electro-stimulation device having co-operating male/female locking engagement between an internal electrode connector and an externally facing contact electrode. This arrangement aids easy assembly of the electrostimulation device especially when using a unitary device body to form a self-contained device. The device may be arranged to deliver constant target current to a muscle for electro-stimulation of that muscle. The device may be a completely self-contained device with no external means for the adjustment and control of the electro-stimulation delivered to the muscle during treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Ian Gregson, Nicholas John White, David Murray, Kenneth Timmerman
  • Patent number: 9526903
    Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is reversibly compressible and is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the device may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed. The device utilizes a compressible electrode component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: FEMEDA LIMITED
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert, Edward Michael French
  • Patent number: 9381345
    Abstract: A compressible electrode for the stimulation of the musculature of the pelvic floor complex e.g. for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, is reversibly compressible and has electro-conductive elements. The compressible electrode may be used with all the usual control units and treatment regimes for the electro-stimulation of the musculature and nerves of the vagina and/or anus. The compressible electrode may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the compressible electrode may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: FEMEDA LIMITED
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert
  • Patent number: 9358383
    Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the stimulation of the musculature of the pelvic floor complex e.g. for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. The device uses a pre-programmed treatment cycle of stimulating pulses. The cycle comprises either a waveform with an initial phase where the current of the device is ramped from an initial level to a higher level, a second phase where the current is ramped from the higher level from the first phase to a second higher level and a third phase where the current is maintained at the second higher level, or a waveform comprising two or more components each component being a train of regularly spaced pulses or a combination of these two waveforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: FEMEDA LIMITED
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert
  • Publication number: 20160096026
    Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is reversibly compressible and is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the device may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed. The device utilizes a compressible electrode component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert, Edward Michael French
  • Publication number: 20150148881
    Abstract: A compressible electrode for the stimulation of the musculature of the pelvic floor complex e.g. for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, is reversibly compressible and has electro-conductive elements. The compressible electrode may be used with all the usual control units and treatment regimes for the electro-stimulation of the musculature and nerves of the vagina and/or anus. The compressible electrode may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the compressible electrode may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert
  • Patent number: 9042987
    Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is reversibly compressible and is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the device may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed. The device utilizes a compressible electrode component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Femeda Limited
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert, Edward Michael French
  • Patent number: 8805509
    Abstract: A compressible electrode for the stimulation of the musculature of the pelvic floor complex e.g. for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, is reversibly compressible and has electro-conductive elements. The compressible electrode may be used with all the usual control units and treatment regimes for the electro-stimulation of the musculature and nerves of the vagina and/or anus. The compressible electrode may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the compressible electrode may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Femeda Limited
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert
  • Publication number: 20140200646
    Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is reversibly compressible and is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the device may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed. The device utilizes a compressible electrode component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: FEMEDA LTD
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert, Edward Michael French
  • Patent number: 8509900
    Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is reversibly compressible and is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the device may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed. The device utilizes a compressible electrode component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Femeda Limited
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Edward Michael French, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert
  • Publication number: 20090228064
    Abstract: A compressible electrode for the stimulation of the musculature of the pelvic floor complex e.g. for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, is reversibly compressible and has electro-conductive elements. The compressible electrode may be used with all the usual control units and treatment regimes for the electro-stimulation of the musculature and nerves of the vagina and/or anus. The compressible electrode may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the compressible electrode may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: FEMEDA LTD
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert
  • Publication number: 20090228067
    Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is reversibly compressible and is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. In the compressed state the device may be of tampon proportions and after use may easily be removed. The device utilizes a compressible electrode component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: FEMEDA LTD
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Edward Michael French, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert
  • Publication number: 20090222060
    Abstract: An electro-stimulation device for the stimulation of the musculature of the pelvic floor complex e.g. for the treatment of anterior and posterior pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is fully self-contained. The device requires no external power sources or control and may be inserted into the vagina or anus through the use of an applicator. The device uses a pre-programmed treatment cycle of stimulating pulses. The cycle comprises either a waveform with an initial phase where the current of the device is ramped from an initial level to a higher level, a second phase where the current is ramped from the higher level from the first phase to a second higher level and a third phase where the current is maintained at the second higher level, or a waveform comprising two or more components each component being a train of regularly spaced pulses or a combination of these two waveforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: FEMEDA LTD
    Inventors: Graham Peter Boyd, Ian Gregson, Julia Heather Herbert