Patents by Inventor J. Schiff

J. Schiff 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).

  • Suppression of epileptiform activity
    Patent number: 5797965
    Abstract: A DC electric field is applied to brain tissue in parallel alignment with urons thereof during periods of brief duration while the tissue is undergoing epileptic activity. The electrical field is controllably varied in magnitude to suppress such epilieptic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Mark L. Spano, Steven J. Schiff, Bruce J. Gluckman, William L. Ditto
  • Pulsating behavior monitoring and modification system for neural networks
    Patent number: 5522863
    Abstract: The pulsating behavioral activity of a neural network such as that embodied n a brain tissue slice is monitored by measurement of intervals between spontaneous events to identify the presence of a chaotic regime and determine by real-time calculation a waiting time for electrical pulse intervention pursuant to a behavioral modifying program having a control or anti-control strategy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Mark L. Spano, William L. Ditto, Steven J. Schiff
  • Method of oxidative degradation of phosphorous esters
    Patent number: 4108746
    Abstract: A method for oxidatively degrading organophosphorous esters to phosphoric id, carbon dioxide and water through the use of a source of free hydroxy radicals, saturation of the resulting solution with oxygen and subsequent irradiation with UV radiation between 220 and 280 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Theodore Mill, Constance W. Gould, Joseph Epstein, Leon J. Schiff