Patents by Inventor Jérôme Galy

Jérôme Galy 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).

  • Device for distributing power between cathodes of a multipolar electrode, in particular of an implant
    Patent number: 7768151
    Abstract: A device (ES) for distributing power between n cathodes (Ki) of at least one multipolar stimulating electrode (EM) comprises at least one anode (A), wherein n is equal to or greater than two. Said device (ES) comprises a reconfigurable current mirror (MC) which is provided with n outputs (K?i) connectable to said n cathodes (Ki), respectively and supplies to the n (K?i) outputs n complementary fractions of a control current having respective selected values which are substantially constant at the control current amplitude variation in order to carry out a substantially constant spatial location of stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignees: Inria Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, Universite de Montpellier II
    Inventors: David Andreu, Serge Bernard, Yves Bertrand, Guy Catheras, Jérôme Galy, David Guiraud, Jean-Denis Techer