Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Alan Carroll

Jeffrey Alan Carroll 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).

  • Devices and methods for suppression of tinnitus
    Patent number: 8795193
    Abstract: Methods and devices for treating tinnitus in human or animal subjects wherein the subject is caused to perceive a tinnitus suppressing sound which fully or partially suppresses the subject's tinnitus. In some embodiments of this method, the subject selects a sound that he or she perceives to be the same as the tinnitus and that sound (or a similar sound that is complementary to the subject's perceived tinnitus) is then used as the tinnitus suppressing sound. In other embodiments, the tinnitus suppressing may be a sound that has previously been determined to suppress tinnitus in a substantial number of subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Fan-Gang Zeng, Qing Tang, Jeffrey Alan Carroll
  • Devices and methods for suppression of tinnitus
    Patent number: 8357102
    Abstract: Methods and devices for treating tinnitus in human or animal subjects wherein the subject is caused to perceive a tinnitus suppressing sound which fully or partially suppresses the subject's tinnitus. In some embodiments of this method, the subject selects a sound that he or she perceives to be the same as the tinnitus and that sound (or a similar sound that is complementary to the subject's perceived tinnitus) is then used as the tinnitus suppressing sound. In other embodiments, the tinnitus suppressing may be a sound that has previously been determined to suppress tinnitus in a substantial number of subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Fan-Gang Zeng, Qing Tang, Jeffrey Alan Carroll
  • DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SUPPRESSION OF TINITTUS
    Publication number: 20110105967
    Abstract: Methods and devices for treating tinnitus in human or animal subjects wherein the subject is caused to perceive a tinnitus suppressing sound which fully or partially suppresses the subject's tinnitus. In some embodiments of this method, the subject selects a sound that he or she perceives to be the same as the tinnitus and that sound (or a similar sound that is complementary to the subject's perceived tinnitus) is then used as the tinnitus suppressing sound. In other embodiments, the tinnitus suppressing may be a sound that has previously been determined to suppress tinnitus in a substantial number of subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Fan-Gang Zeng, Qing Tang, Jeffrey Alan Carroll