Patents by Inventor John Gybels

John 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).

  • Patent number: 6871098
    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: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Bart Nuttin, Frans L. H. Gielen, Paul B. Cosyns, John Gybels, Bjorn Meyerson, Marianne Wilof-Mindus, Per Mindus
  • Publication number: 20030036781
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Bart Nuttin, Frans L. H. Gielen, Paul B. Cosyns, John Gybels, Bjorn Meyerson, Marianne Wilof-Mindus, Nora Strand