Patents by Inventor Ian Mitchell Taylor

Ian Mitchell Taylor 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).

  • PEDOT/CNT coated neural recording probes for measurement of tonic and phasic dopamine
    Patent number: 11445946
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of determining dopamine concentration at a target location in neural tissue. In several embodiments, the method comprises measuring current level in response to square wave voltammetry with a coated electrode of a neural probe implanted at the target location, wherein the coated electrode comprises a coating of poly 3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene (PEDOT) doped with negatively charged carbon nanotubes (CNT), and comparing the measured current level to a control current level to determine the dopamine concentration at the target location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Xinyan Cui, Ian Mitchell Taylor
  • PEDOT/CNT COATED NEURAL RECORDING PROBES FOR MEASUREMENT OF TONIC AND PHASIC DOPAMINE
    Publication number: 20200178864
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of determining dopamine concentration at a target location in neural tissue. In several embodiments, the method comprises measuring current level in response to square wave voltammetry with a coated electrode of a neural probe implanted at the target location, wherein the coated electrode comprises a coating of poly 3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene (PEDOT) doped with negatively charged carbon nanotubes (CNT), and comparing the measured current level to a control current level to determine the dopamine concentration at the target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Xinyan Cui, Ian Mitchell Taylor