Patents by Inventor Marlon Mathews

Marlon Mathews 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).

  • OPTICAL DETECTION OF SEIZURE, A PRE-SEIZURE STATE, AND CEREBRAL EDEMA AND OPTICAL FIBER DETECTION OF THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090312646
    Abstract: A method for using optical parameters to monitor for a physiological event and/or a state prior to the physiological event includes the steps of: illuminating neural tissue with diagnostic light of a predetermined frequency at a predetermined location; detecting magnitude of optical scattering by neural tissue of the diagnostic light as a function of time; and determining a signature signal of the optical scattering of the diagnostic light before the physiological event in the neural tissue becomes clinically manifested. An apparatus includes a source of diagnostic light of a predetermined frequency for illuminating neural tissue at a predetermined location, a detector of optical scattering and/or optical absorption by neural tissue of the diagnostic light as a function of time, and a signal processor for determining a signature signal of the optical scattering and/or optical absorption of the diagnostic light before the physiological event becomes clinically manifested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Devin Binder, Christopher Owen, Marlon Mathews