Patents by Inventor Mark R. Witcher

Mark R. Witcher 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).

  • Methods and Devices for Improving Cognitive Function
    Publication number: 20200016407
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and devices for improving cognitive function. In some embodiments, cognitive function is improved by detecting neuronal activity in the CA3 region of a patient's hippocampus and stimulating the CA3 region of the patient's hippocampus responsive to the neuronal activity detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Sam Deadwyler, Robert E. Hampson, Mark R. Witcher, Daniel E. Couture, Gautam Popli, Stephen Tatter, Thomas L. Ellis
  • Methods and devices for predicting and/or detecting seizures
    Patent number: 10123750
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and devices for predicting, preventing, detecting and/or treating seizures. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods/devices for predicting a seizure prior to its inception, wherein the seizure is predicted based upon neuronal activity in the CA3 region of a patient's hippocampus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: Mark R. Witcher, Robert E. Hampson, Sam Deadwyler, Daniel E. Couture, Gautam Popli
  • Methods and Devices for Improving Cognitive Function
    Publication number: 20170151435
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and devices for improving cognitive function. In some embodiments, cognitive function is improved by detecting neuronal activity in the CA3 region of a patient's hippocampus and stimulating the CA3 region of the patient's hippocampus responsive to the neuronal activity detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Sam Deadwyler, Robert E. Hampson, Mark R. Witcher, Daniel E. Couture, Gautam PopIi, Stephen Tatter, Thomas L. Ellis
  • Methods and Devices for Predicting and/or Detecting Seizures
    Publication number: 20150335294
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and devices for predicting, preventing, detecting and/or treating seizures. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods/devices for predicting a seizure prior to its inception, wherein the seizure is predicted based upon neuronal activity in the CA3 region of a patient's hippocampus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Mark R. Witcher, Robert E. Hampson, Sam Deadwyler, Daniel E. Couture, Gautam Popli
  • Methods and Devices for Improving Cognitive Function
    Publication number: 20140249445
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and devices for improving cognitive function. In some embodiments, cognitive function is improved by detecting neuronal activity in the CA3 region of a patient's hippocampus and stimulating the CA3 region of the patient's hippocampus responsive to the neuronal activity detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: Sam Deadwyler, Robert E. Hampson, Mark R. Witcher, Daniel E. Couture, Gautam Popli, Stephen Tatter, Thomas L. Ellis