Patents by Inventor Jonathan D. Block
Jonathan D. Block 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).
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Publication number: 20260294461Abstract: A surgical blade assembly for cutting a urethral stricture. The surgical blade assembly includes a handle defining a longitudinal axis extending centrally through the handle, a first recess extending along the axis, and a second recess extending from the first recess. A selector member is received in the handle and is movable between a locked state in which the selector member is received in the second recess and an unlocked state in which the selector member is received in the first recess. A sheath is coupled to the handle. A rod has a first end coupled to the selector member and a second end carrying a blade. The rod is at least partially surrounded by the sheath, which selectively covers the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2026Publication date: October 1, 2026Inventors: Jonathan D. Block, John A. Yorke
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Patent number: 12471832Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing diagnostic evoked potential recordings of a nerve or nerve pathway of interest. A grid array of stimulating electrodes are placed on, over, or through skin in a location beneath which a nerve or nerve pathway is suspected to lie. A stimulator controls the grid array, where each electrode is independently controllable as active or inactive, as a cathode or anode, etc. A plurality of recording electrodes may record Somato-Sensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPs) and/or Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potentials (TCeMEP) in response to activation of the stimulating electrodes. A processor controls stimulating the stimulating electrodes, and receives responses from the recording electrodes, in a general search mode and a focused search mode in order to use a minimum stimulation intensity at which a maximum response amplitude is detected to continually stimulate the nerve or the nerve pathway.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: November 18, 2025Assignee: SidewayStrategies LLCInventors: Jonathan D. Block, Hieu T. Ball
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Publication number: 20250127447Abstract: Embodiments can include a nerve mapping and monitoring system that can include a multi-polar stimulation unit, an electrical connector, an instrument having a grid array, where the grid array can comprise a plurality of electrodes, where each of the plurality of electrodes can be configured to be stimulated by the multi-polar stimulation unit, a recording element, where the recording element can be configured to detect a muscle response elicited by the grid array, and a computer, where the computer can be configured to monitor the muscle response elicited by the grid array such that neural structures can be identified and avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Jonathan D. Block, Hieu T. Ball
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Patent number: 12029565Abstract: Embodiments can include a nerve mapping and monitoring system that can include a multi-polar stimulation unit, an electrical connector, an instrument having a grid array, where the grid array can comprise a plurality of electrodes, where each of the plurality of electrodes can be configured to be stimulated by the multi-polar stimulation unit, a recording element, where the recording element can be configured to detect a muscle response elicited by the grid array, and a computer, where the computer can be configured to monitor the muscle response elicited by the grid array such that neural structures can be identified and avoided.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SidewayStrategies LLCInventors: Jonathan D. Block, Hieu T. Ball
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Publication number: 20220400999Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing diagnostic evoked potential recordings of a nerve or nerve pathway of interest. A grid array of stimulating electrodes are placed on, over, or through skin in a location beneath which a nerve or nerve pathway is suspected to lie. A stimulator controls the grid array, where each electrode is independently controllable as active or inactive, as a cathode or anode, etc. A plurality of recording electrodes may record Somato-Sensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPs) and/or Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potentials (TCeMEP) in response to activation of the stimulating electrodes. A processor controls stimulating the stimulating electrodes, and receives responses from the recording electrodes, in a general search mode and a focused search mode in order to use a minimum stimulation intensity at which a maximum response amplitude is detected to continually stimulate the nerve or the nerve pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Jonathan D. Block, Hieu T. Ball
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Patent number: 11272871Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing diagnostic evoked potential recordings of a nerve or nerve pathway of interest. A grid array of stimulating electrodes are placed on, over, or through skin in a location beneath which a nerve or nerve pathway is suspected to lie. A stimulator controls the grid array, where each electrode is independently controllable as active or inactive, as a cathode or anode, etc. A plurality of recording electrodes may record Somato-Sensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPs) and/or Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potentials (TCeMEP) in response to activation of the stimulating electrodes. A processor controls stimulating the stimulating electrodes, and receives responses from the recording electrodes, in a general search mode and a focused search mode in order to use a minimum stimulation intensity at which a maximum response amplitude is detected to continually stimulate the nerve or the nerve pathway.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: SidewayStrategies LLCInventors: Jonathan D. Block, Hieu T. Ball
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Publication number: 20210361212Abstract: Embodiments can include a nerve mapping and monitoring system that can include a multi-polar stimulation unit, an electrical connector, an instrument having a grid array, where the grid array can comprise a plurality of electrodes, where each of the plurality of electrodes can be configured to be stimulated by the multi-polar stimulation unit, a recording element, where the recording element can be configured to detect a muscle response elicited by the grid array, and a computer, where the computer can be configured to monitor the muscle response elicited by the grid array such that neural structures can be identified and avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Jonathan D. Block, Hieu T. Ball
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Patent number: 10973451Abstract: Embodiments can include a nerve mapping and monitoring system that can include a multi-polar stimulation unit, an electrical connector, an instrument having a grid array, where the grid array can comprise a plurality of electrodes, where each of the plurality of electrodes can be configured to be stimulated by the multi-polar stimulation unit, a recording element, where the recording element can be configured to detect a muscle response elicited by the grid array, and a computer, where the computer can be configured to monitor the muscle response elicited by the grid array such that neural structures can be identified and avoided.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SidewayStrategies LLCInventors: Jonathan D. Block, Hieu T. Ball
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Publication number: 20190239763Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing diagnostic evoked potential recordings of a nerve or nerve pathway of interest. A grid array of stimulating electrodes are placed on, over, or through skin in a location beneath which a nerve or nerve pathway is suspected to lie. A stimulator controls the grid array, where each electrode is independently controllable as active or inactive, as a cathode or anode, etc. A plurality of recording electrodes may record Somato-Sensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPs) and/or Transcranial Electrical Motor Evoked Potentials (TCeMEP) in response to activation of the stimulating electrodes. A processor controls stimulating the stimulating electrodes, and receives responses from the recording electrodes, in a general search mode and a focused search mode in order to use a minimum stimulation intensity at which a maximum response amplitude is detected to continually stimulate the nerve or the nerve pathway.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2017Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: SidewayStrategies LLCInventors: Jonathan D. BLOCK, Hieu T. BALL
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Publication number: 20190167134Abstract: Embodiments can include a nerve mapping and monitoring system that can include a multi-polar stimulation unit, an electrical connector, an instrument having a grid array, where the grid array can comprise a plurality of electrodes, where each of the plurality of electrodes can be configured to be stimulated by the multi-polar stimulation unit, a recording element, where the recording element can be configured to detect a muscle response elicited by the grid array, and a computer, where the computer can be configured to monitor the muscle response elicited by the grid array such that neural structures can be identified and avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Jonathan D. Block, Hieu T. Ball
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Patent number: 10016142Abstract: Embodiments can include a nerve mapping and monitoring system that can include a multi-polar stimulation unit, an electrical connector, an instrument having a grid array, where the grid array can comprise a plurality of electrodes, where each of the plurality of electrodes can be configured to be stimulated by the multi-polar stimulation unit, a recording element, where the recording element can be configured to detect a muscle response elicited by the grid array, and a computer, where the computer can be configured to monitor the muscle response elicited by the grid array such that neural structures can be identified and avoided.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: SidewayStrategies LLCInventors: Jonathan D. Block, Hieu T. Ball
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Publication number: 20140114168Abstract: Embodiments can include a nerve mapping and monitoring system that can include a multi-polar stimulation unit, an electrical connector, an instrument having a grid array, where the grid array can comprise a plurality of electrodes, where each of the plurality of electrodes can be configured to be stimulated by the multi-polar stimulation unit, a recording element, where the recording element can be configured to detect a muscle response elicited by the grid array, and a computer, where the computer can be configured to monitor the muscle response elicited by the grid array such that neural structures can be identified and avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Inventors: Jonathan D. Block, Hieu T. Ball
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Patent number: 5163608Abstract: A combination postcard/container insulator with a substantially rectilinear sheet of flexible insulating material to wrap around the container and fasteners to maintain the sheet wrapped around the container yet are mailable.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1990Date of Patent: November 17, 1992Assignee: Premium Vision, Inc.Inventor: Jonathan D. Block