Patents by Inventor Mark M. Churchland

Mark M. Churchland 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).

  • Brain machine interfaces incorporating neural population dynamics
    Patent number: 9095455
    Abstract: A brain-machine interface is provided that incorporates a neural dynamical structure in the control of a prosthetic device to restore motor function and is able to significantly enhance the control performance compared to existing technologies. In one example, a neural dynamical state is inferred from neural observations, which are obtained from a neural implant. In another example, the neural dynamical state can be inferred from both the obtained neural observations and from the kinematics. A controller interfaced with the prosthetic device uses the inferred neural dynamical state as input to the controller to control kinematic variables of the prosthetic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Cambridge Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan C. Kao, Paul Nuyujukian, Mark M. Churchland, John P. Cunningham, Krishna V. Shenoy
  • Brain Machine Interfaces incorporating Neural Population Dynamics
    Publication number: 20140257520
    Abstract: A brain-machine interface is provided that incorporates a neural dynamical structure in the control of a prosthetic device to restore motor function and is able to significantly enhance the control performance compared to existing technologies. In one example, a neural dynamical state is inferred from neural observations, which are obtained from a neural implant. In another example, the neural dynamical state can be inferred from both the obtained neural observations and from the kinematics. A controller interfaced with the prosthetic device uses the inferred neural dynamical state as input to the controller to control kinematic variables of the prosthetic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Jonathan C. Kao, Paul Nuyujukian, Mark M. Churchland, John P. Cunningham, Krishna V. Shenoy