Patents by Inventor Kim-Shih Tan

Kim-Shih Tan 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 for stimulating neural regeneration and fabrication method thereof
    Patent number: 9108042
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for stimulating neural regeneration and/or neurite outgrowth and a fabrication method thereof. A photovoltaic component having a substrate, a first conductive layer, an active layer and a second conducting stacked in sequence is formed. The photovoltaic component is encapsulated by an encapsulant with a portion of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer exposed from the encapsulant. The device is configured to be rolled to form a guiding tube having two open ends and to be placed at a damaged portion of a nerve. When the device is illuminated by light, a photovoltage exists between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer for producing an electric current, so as to stimulate neural regeneration and repair the damaged portion of a nerve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Fang-Chung Chen, Ming-Kai Chuang, Kim-Shih Tan
  • DEVICE FOR STIMULATING NEURAL REGENERATION AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130317582
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for stimulating neural regeneration and/or neurite outgrowth and a fabrication method thereof. A photovoltaic component having a substrate, a first conductive layer, an active layer and a second conducting stacked in sequence is formed. The photovoltaic component is encapsulated by an encapsulant with a portion of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer exposed from the encapsulant. The device is configured to be rolled to form a guiding tube having two open ends and to be placed at a damaged portion of a nerve. When the device is illuminated by light, a photovoltage exists between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer for producing an electric current, so as to stimulate neural regeneration and repair the damaged portion of a nerve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Fang-Chung Chen, Ming-Kai Chuang, Kim-Shih Tan