Patents by Inventor Martin SCHUETTLER
Martin SCHUETTLER 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).
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Publication number: 20240091526Abstract: A neural implant for a brain area is provided. The neural implant has at least one stimulation section for generating stimulation signals for the brain area, an electrode section with at least one electrode, which is coupled to the stimulation section via a DC connection and can be arranged in the brain area and is designed to apply the stimulation signals to the brain area, and at least one first protection structure section, which is designed to monitor the stimulation section. The first protection structure section is powered by a first energy supply and the protective structure section is powered by a second energy supply, and the first energy supply is galvanically isolated from the second energy supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Stefan REICH, Maurits ORTMANNS, Martin SCHUETTLER
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Publication number: 20230277137Abstract: A flexible neural electrode array is provided, comprising a layer of metal which is arranged on a first layer of polymeric material and which forms a number of contact pads. The first layer of polymeric material is flexible along a predefined direction, each contact pad of the number of contact pads having a sequence of cuts through the metal, each cut extending in a straight line across the predefined direction. Each cut has an inner end and an outer end, the inner end being within the contact pad, the outer end being at an edge of the contact pad, and each second cut of the sequence of cuts having its outer end at the same edge of the contact pad. A method is further provided for fabricating a flexible neural electrode array.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Martin SCHUETTLER, Juan Sebastian ORDONEZ, Tom Colin BIERBRAUER
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Publication number: 20230149715Abstract: A brain stimulation method and system are provided, wherein neuronal signals of a patient are continuously sensed by at least one sensor device and based on the sensed signals, stimulation signals are applied to the patient by at least one stimulation device, wherein the sensed signals are transmitted to a body-external, portable processing device wherein the sensed signals are evaluated, and based on the evaluated signals stimulation control signals are generated and transmitted to the stimulation device where based on the stimulation control signals the stimulation signals are generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Jörn RICKERT, Christian STOLLE, Martin SCHÜTTLER
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Patent number: 11647960Abstract: A flexible neural electrode array is provided, comprising a layer of metal which is arranged on a first layer of polymeric material and which forms a number of contact pads. The first layer of polymeric material is flexible along a predefined direction, each contact pad of the number of contact pads having a sequence of cuts through the metal, each cut extending in a straight line across the predefined direction. Each cut has an inner end and an outer end, the inner end being within the contact pad, the outer end being at an edge of the contact pad, and each second cut of the sequence of cuts having its outer end at the same edge of the contact pad. A method is further provided for fabricating a flexible neural electrode array.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignees: CorTec GmbH, Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat FreiburgInventors: Martin Schuettler, Juan Sebastian Ordonez, Tom Colin Bierbrauer
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Publication number: 20220313108Abstract: An implantable array, such as an electrode array, is provided. The array is suitable for being placed in anatomic tissue of a human or animal body, and has a structure for referencing predefined distinct points of the implantable electrode array in magnetic resonance images. A structure is arranged in a predefined portion of the implantable array, where the structure has multiple patterns, each pattern having a predefined form and formed from a material having a magnetic susceptibility which is different from the magnetic susceptibility of the anatomic tissue surrounding the implantable array when placed in the human or animal body. Each pattern is in a predefined spatial relationship with one of the predefined distinct points.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Johannes ERHARDT, Martin SCHUETTLER, Thomas STIEGLITZ, Michael BOCK
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Publication number: 20220317211Abstract: An implantable array suitable for being placed in anatomic tissue of a human or animal body is provided. The implantable array has a substrate and a reference structure, the reference structure being formed by a number of notches arranged in at least one outer edge of the substrate, the reference structure defines a spatial relationship with predefined points of the array.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Johannes ERHARDT, Martin SCHUETTLER, Thomas STIEGLITZ
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Patent number: 11298531Abstract: An elastic neural electrode is provided, having at least one planar metal layer which comprises conductive material and which is placed on an elastomer layer (PDMS), wherein, for reinforcement of the electrode, a high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer is applied directly onto the at least one metal layer, the high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer being the outermost layer of the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: CorTec GmbHInventors: Christian Henle, Martin Schuettler, Fabian Kohler, Miguel Ulloa, Juan Sebastian Ordonez, Matthias Mueller
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Publication number: 20220054822Abstract: A system for brain stimulation of a patient is provided, the system having an implantable stimulator, at least one sensor component for acquiring at least one measure indicative of patient's mood, and at least one implantable stimulation electrode, designed for providing electrical pulses stimulating inside the patient's brain. The at least one stimulation electrode is connectable, through an implantable connector, to the implantable stimulator, the implantable stimulator having at least one programmable channel for conducting the electrical stimulation pulses to the at least one stimulation electrode, and being adapted for receiving continuous input signals from the at the least one sensor component. The system also has a computational unit for processing the at least one measure, and a patient's body external control interface (5) for patient and/or physician interactions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Joern RICKERT, Martin SCHUETTLER, Volker A. COENEN, Thomas SCHLAEPFER, Michael TANGERMANN
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Publication number: 20220040475Abstract: An elastic neural electrode is provided, having at least one planar metal layer which comprises conductive material and which is placed on an elastomer layer (PDMS), wherein, for reinforcement of the electrode, a high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer is applied directly onto the at least one metal layer, the high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer being the outermost layer of the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Christian HENLE, Martin SCHUETTLER, Fabian KOHLER, Miguel ULLOA, Juan Sebastian ORDONEZ, Matthias MUELLER
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Patent number: 11185685Abstract: An elastic neural electrode is provided, having at least one planar metal layer which comprises conductive material and which is placed on an elastomer layer (PDMS), wherein, for reinforcement of the electrode, a high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer is applied directly onto the at least one metal layer, the high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer being the outermost layer of the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: CorTecGmbHInventors: Christian Henle, Martin Schuettler, Fabian Kohler, Miguel Ulloa, Juan Sebastian Ordonez, Matthias Mueller
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Patent number: 11170001Abstract: A computer-implemented method of processing data streams is provided, the method comprising the following steps: receiving a number of data streams, at least one data stream thereof being representative of at least one physiologic signal of a patient sensed by a predetermined sensor device, and receiving at least one time stamp information, each time stamp information being associated with a respective data stream, the time stamp information being representative of the point in time of associating the time stamp information with the respective data stream, and associating a respective time shift information with each time stamp information, the time shift information being representative of a delay between a point in time of sensing the at least one signal by the predetermined sensor device and the point in time of associating the time stamp information with the data stream representative of the at least one signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: CorTec GmbHInventors: Jörn Rickert, Christian Stolle, Jörg Sebastian Fischer, Martin Schüttler
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Patent number: 11040193Abstract: An implantable nerve electrode is provided that comprises an electrically insulating substrate with conductor traces running therein, electrode contacts and connection contacts, wherein the conductor traces connect the electrode contacts to the connection contacts, and wherein the electrode contacts can be connected to the nerves of a nervous system, each of the conductor traces having an at least partial sheathing made of a polymer that is mechanically strong and a good insulator. Also provided is a method for producing an implantable nerve electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: CorTec GmbHInventors: Martin Schüttler, Fabian Köhler
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Patent number: 10912209Abstract: Disclosed are a housing for a medical implant, a medical implant for a human or animal organism, a method for manufacturing a medical implant, and a system comprising a medical implant and a transceiver unit that can be coupled to the medical implant.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: CorTec GmbHInventors: Jörn Rickert, Fabian Kohler, Martin Schüttler
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Patent number: 10898092Abstract: An implantable cuff electrode having a flexible cuff in form of a tube having a longitudinal slot, wherein the longitudinal slot defines a first edge and a second edge on the cuff, wherein a first lip is arranged at the first edge of the longitudinal slot, and a second lip is arranged at the second edge of the longitudinal slot, and wherein the longitudinal slot can be sealed by the first lip and the second lip in that the first lip and the second lip extend at least partially on the cuff jacket of the cuff one lying on top of the other, and the second lip holds the first lip in position by means of a surface pressure onto the cuff jacket.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: CorTec GmbHInventors: Martin Schüttler, Juan Sebastian Ordonez, Jörn Rickert, Thomas Stieglitz
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Publication number: 20190143101Abstract: An elastic neural electrode is provided, having at least one planar metal layer which comprises conductive material and which is placed on an elastomer layer (PDMS), wherein, for reinforcement of the electrode, a high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer is applied directly onto the at least one metal layer, the high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer being the outermost layer of the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Christian HENLE, Martin SCHUETTLER, Fabian KOHLER, Miguel ULLOA, Juan Sebastian ORDONEZ, Matthias MUELLER
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Patent number: 10251286Abstract: Disclosed are a housing for a medical implant, a medical implant for a human or animal organism, a method for manufacturing a medical implant, and a system comprising a medical implant and a transceiver unit that can be coupled to the medical implant.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: CorTec GmbHInventors: Jörn Rickert, Fabian Kohler, Martin Schüttler
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Publication number: 20190090366Abstract: Disclosed are a housing for a medical implant, a medical implant for a human or animal organism, a method for manufacturing a medical implant, and a system comprising a medical implant and a transceiver unit that can be coupled to the medical implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Jörn RICKERT, Fabian KOHLER, Martin SCHÜTTLER
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Publication number: 20190059820Abstract: A flexible neural electrode array is provided, comprising a layer of metal which is arranged on a first layer of polymeric material and which forms a number of contact pads. The first layer of polymeric material is flexible along a predefined direction, each contact pad of the number of contact pads having a sequence of cuts through the metal, each cut extending in a straight line across the predefined direction. Each cut has an inner end and an outer end, the inner end being within the contact pad, the outer end being at an edge of the contact pad, and each second cut of the sequence of cuts having its outer end at the same edge of the contact pad. A method is further provided for fabricating a flexible neural electrode array.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Martin SCHUETTLER, Juan Sebastian ORDONEZ, Tom Colin BIERBRAUER
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Publication number: 20190060641Abstract: An implantable cuff electrode having a flexible cuff in form of a tube having a longitudinal slot, wherein the longitudinal slot defines a first edge and a second edge on the cuff, wherein a first lip is arranged at the first edge of the longitudinal slot, and a second lip is arranged at the second edge of the longitudinal slot, and wherein the longitudinal slot can be sealed by the first lip and the second lip in that the first lip and the second lip extend at least partially on the cuff jacket of the cuff one lying on top of the other, and the second lip holds the first lip in position by means of a surface pressure onto the cuff jacket.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Martin SCHÜTTLER, Juan Sebastian ORDONEZ, Jörn RICKERT, Thomas STIEGLITZ
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Patent number: 10218111Abstract: An implantable plug connector is provided, an inner portion of which has a number of contact surfaces which are embedded in a surface of a first substrate. An outer portion of the implantable plug connector has a number of contact surfaces embedded in at least one surface of a second substrate. The outer portion defines a space, in which the inner portion can be received in a mounting state, where, in a pre-mounting state, the contact surfaces are set back with respect to the surface of the respective substrate, and where, in a mounting state, the inner portion is pressed against the outer portion such that mutually corresponding contact surfaces come into contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: CORTEC GMBHInventors: Martin Schüttler, Julia Koch, Juan Sebastian Ordonez, Jörn Rickert