Patents by Inventor Jan Gybels

Jan Gybels 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).

  • Electrical stimulation of structures within the brain
    Patent number: 7616998
    Abstract: A method for treating a patient with an obsession, a compulsion, an anxiety or a depression disorder, comprising applying chronic electrical stimulation to at least a portion of the patient's anterior limb of the internal capsule under conditions effective to provide the patient with at least a partial relief from obsession and/or compulsion and/or anxiety and/or depression, by means of an electrical signal generator and at least an implantable electrode having a proximal end coupled to the said signal generator and a stimulation end capable of applying said chronic electrical stimulation, wherein the distance between the two outer contacts of the electrode corresponds to the depth of the internal capsule. A method is disclosed for treating a patient with an obsession, a compulsion, an anxiety or a depression disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Bart Nuttin, Frans L. H. Gielen, Paul B. Cosyns, Jan Gybels, Bjorn Meyerson, Per Mindus, Marianne Wilof-Mindus, legal representative
  • Method for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder with electrical stimulation of the brain internal capsule
    Publication number: 20050049650
    Abstract: A method for treating a patient with an obsession, a compulsion, an anxiety or a depression disorder, comprising applying chronic electrical stimulation to at least a portion of the patient's anterior limb of the internal capsule under conditions effective to provide the patient with at least a partial relief from obsession and/or compulsion and/or anxiety and/or depression, by means of an electrical signal generator and at least an implantable electrode having a proximal end coupled to the said signal generator and a stimulation end capable of applying said chronic electrical stimulation, wherein the distance between the two outer contacts of the electrode corresponds to the depth of the internal capsule. A method is disclosed for treating a patient with an obsession, a compulsion, an anxiety or a depression disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Bart Nuttin, Frans Gielen, Paul Cosyns, Jan Gybels, Bjorn Meyerson, Per Mindus