Patents by Inventor Mark Toddman Kirby

Mark Toddman Kirby 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).

  • TREATMENT METHODS USING GHB
    Publication number: 20230390228
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating fibromyalgia, post-traumatic stress disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, and irritable bowel disease in a patient with a slow wave sleep deficit by administering oxybate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Jazz Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Franck SKOBIERANDA, Mark Toddman KIRBY
  • System and method for administering light therapy
    Patent number: 9393438
    Abstract: A sleep mask is configured to provide light therapy to a subject. The sleep mask may provide a comfortable delivery mechanism for the light therapy, and may deliver the light therapy to the subject while the subject is asleep, in the process of going to sleep, and/or waking from sleep. In one embodiment, the sleep mask includes one or more of a shield, a strap, a first lighting module, and/or a second lighting module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Erik Kurt Witt, Mark Toddman Kirby, Michael Edward Colbaugh
  • System and method of titrating a phototherapy regime using real-time EEG readings
    Patent number: 8556951
    Abstract: The provision of phototherapy to a subject is titrated to adapt dynamically to the sleep of the subject. The titration is performed using real-time or near real-time EEG readings. This may enhance the comfort and/or efficacy of the phototherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Erik Kurt Witt, Mark Toddman Kirby
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING LIGHT THERAPY
    Publication number: 20120209355
    Abstract: A sleep mask is configured to provide light therapy to a subject. The sleep mask may provide a comfortable delivery mechanism for the light therapy, and may deliver the light therapy to the subject while the subject is asleep, in the process of going to sleep, and/or waking from sleep. In one embodiment, the sleep mask includes one or more of a shield, a strap, a first lighting module, and/or a second lighting module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Erik Kurt Witt, Mark Toddman Kirby, Michael Edward Colbaugh
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TITRATING A PHOTOTHERAPY REGIME USING REAL-TIME EEG READINGS
    Publication number: 20120053395
    Abstract: The provision of phototherapy to a subject is titrated to adapt dynamically to the sleep of the subject. The titration is performed using real-time or near real-time EEG readings. This may enhance the comfort and/or efficacy of the phototherapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Erik Kurt Witt, Mark Toddman Kirby