Patents by Inventor Marko Ollikainen

Marko Ollikainen 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).

  • Electrode structure for measuring electrical responses from the human body
    Patent number: 7440789
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode structure (10) for attachment to a more extensive measuring structure (11), in order to measure electrical responses from the human body. The electrode structure (10) includes a conductive electrode (1). According to the invention, the electrode (1) is shaped to be thin in the thickness direction of the electrode structure (10), and the electrode structure (10) is equipped with a hole (6) and the electrode (1) is located at the edge of the hole (6), in such a way that its longitudinal axis is essentially parallel to the plane of the measurement subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Nexstim Oy
    Inventors: Henri Hannula, Matti Aho, Marko Ollikainen
  • Electrode structure for measuring electrical responses from the human body
    Publication number: 20070106141
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrode structure (10) for attachment to a more extensive measuring structure (11), in order to measure electrical responses from the human body. The electrode structure (10) includes a conductive electrode (1). According to the invention, the electrode (1) is shaped to be thin in the thickness direction of the electrode structure (10), and the electrode structure (10) is equipped with a hole (6) and the electrode (1) is located at the edge of the hole (6), in such a way that its longitudinal axis is essentially parallel to the plane of the measurement subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Henri Hannula, Matti Aho, Marko Ollikainen
  • Method for producing illusory magnetic stimulation
    Patent number: 6537197
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a magnetic stimulation effect and/or a fake magnetic stimulation effect in a biological tissue. According to the method, the real magnetic stimulation is effected by virtue of inducing an electromagnetic field in said biological tissue with a sufficiently strong field strength to essentially excite said tissue, and the fake magnetic stimulation is effected by virtue of inducing an electromagnetic field in said biological tissue with a field strength that is weaker than the electromagnetic field required for an essential excitation of said tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Nexstim Oy
    Inventors: Jarmo Ruohonen, Risto Ilmoniemi, Marko Ollikainen, Juha Virtanen