Patents by Inventor Lael Stander

Lael Stander 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 AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AND INSERTING ELECTRODE ARRAYS INTO NEURAL TISSUES
    Publication number: 20120239057
    Abstract: An insertion device for inserting a therapeutic device into organic tissue is disclosed and described. The device is particularly suited to insertion of such as nerve stimulating electrode arrays. The insertion device has at least one controllable positive pressure source (greater than atomospheric), two vacuum sources and a dual vacuum pressure control system. The positive pressure and the dual vacuum pressure control systems are manipulated to allow the manipulation and insertion or retrieval of a therapeutic device. The insertion device can be spatially manipulated by hand, without requiring other equipment for positioning the insertion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Kyle Balling, Garett Robertson, Lael Stander, Richard A. Normann
  • Device and method for manipulating and inserting electrode arrays into neural tissues
    Patent number: 8226661
    Abstract: An insertion device for inserting a therapeutic device into organic tissue is disclosed and described. The device is particularly suited to insertion of such as nerve stimulating electrode arrays. The insertion device has at least one controllable positive pressure source (greater than atomospheric), two vacuum sources and a dual vacuum pressure control system. The positive pressure and the dual vacuum pressure control systems are manipulated to allow the manipulation and insertion or retrieval of a therapeutic device. The insertion device can be spatially manipulated by hand, without requiring other equipment for positioning the insertion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kyle Balling, Garett Robertson, Lael Stander, Richard A. Normann
  • Device and Method for Manipulating and Inserting Electrode Arrays into Neural Tissues
    Publication number: 20080221589
    Abstract: An insertion device for inserting a therapeutic device into organic tissue is disclosed and described. The device is particularly suited to insertion of such as nerve stimulating electrode arrays. The insertion device has at least one controllable positive pressure source (greater than atomospheric), two vacuum sources and a dual vacuum pressure control system. The positive pressure and the dual vacuum pressure control systems are manipulated to allow the manipulation and insertion or retrieval of a therapeutic device. The insertion device can be spatially manipulated by hand, without requiring other equipment for positioning the insertion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Kyle Balling, Garett Robertson, Lael Stander, Richard A. Normann