Patents by Inventor Jacob Crabtree

Jacob Crabtree 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 and method for self-positioning of a stimulation device to activate brown adipose tissue depot in a supraclavicular fossa region
    Patent number: 8812100
    Abstract: Self-positioning of at least a portion of a transdermal electrical stimulation patch within a target area (e.g., supraclavicular fossa region) of a human body to activate a depot of brown adipose tissue therein. An electric field is generated using the electrical stimulation patch to activate the brown adipose tissue within the supraclavicular fossa region of the body. The patch is self-positioned using one or more anatomical points (e.g., anatomical landmarks and/or anatomical features) or markings on the body. Brown adipose tissue may also be activated by applying an electrical signal to a body piercing partially implanted proximate a target area in which the tissue is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Voegele, Thomas E. Albrecht, Tamara C. Baynham, David Cagle, Anthony R. DiUbaldi, Jason L. Harris, Michael A. Murray, Mark S. Zeiner, Jacob Crabtree
  • Device and Method for Self-Positioning of a Stimulation Device to Activate Brown Adipose Tissue Depot in a Supraclavicular Fossa Region
    Publication number: 20130304175
    Abstract: Self-positioning of at least a portion of a transdermal electrical stimulation patch within a target area (e.g., supraclavicular fossa region) of a human body to activate a depot of brown adipose tissue therein. An electric field is generated using the electrical stimulation patch to activate the brown adipose tissue within the supraclavicular fossa region of the body. The patch is self-positioned using one or more anatomical points (e.g., anatomical landmarks and/or anatomical features) or markings on the body. Brown adipose tissue may also be activated by applying an electrical signal to a body piercing partially implanted proximate a target area in which the tissue is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Voegele, Thomas E. Albrecht, Tamara C. Baynham, David Cagle, Jacob Crabtree, Anthony R. DiUbaldi, Jason L. Harris, Michael A. Murray, Mark S. Zeiner