Patents by Inventor Nienke R.. BIERMASZ

Nienke R.. BIERMASZ 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).

  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND CATHETER FOR PITUITARY AND BRAIN IMPLANTATION
    Publication number: 20230390558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system, its catheter and its method for providing electrical pulses and/or therapeutic or diagnostic liquids directly to a pituitary gland of a mammal. The catheter, containing an electrode or a microcannula or both, is moved through an endovascular route of a patient to his/her sinus cavernosus and then the distal end of the electrode or microcannula is moved through an opening in the distal end of the catheter and then through a perforation in the medial wall of the sinus cavernosus, to the pituitary gland.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDEN (H.O.D.N. LUMC)
    Inventors: Wouter R. VAN FURTH, Nienke R. BIERMASZ, Amir H. ZAMANIPOOR NAJAFABADI
  • System, method and catheter for pituitary and brain implantation
    Patent number: 11771897
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system, its catheter and its method for providing electrical pulses and/or therapeutic or diagnostic liquids directly to a pituitary gland of a mammal. The catheter, containing an electrode or a microcannula or both, is moved through an endovascular route of a patient to his/her sinus cavernosus and then the distal end of the electrode or microcannula is moved through an opening in the distal end of the catheter and then through a perforation in the medial wall of the sinus cavernosus, to the pituitary gland.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDEN (H.O.D.N. LUMC)
    Inventors: Wouter R. Van Furth, Nienke R. Biermasz, Amir H. Zamanipoor Najafabadi
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL MODULATION
    Publication number: 20220001170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method, in which a distal end of an electrode is implanted in an organ, such as a pituitary gland, for intermittent electrical stimulation thereof and a proximal end of the electrode is provided with a connection plug, a distal end of which can be attached to a bone adjacent the organ, such an anterior wall of the sphenoid sinus/vomer, and a proximal end of which can be reversibly connected electrically to a wire that is connected electrically to a source of electrical stimulation for the organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Wouter R VAN FURTH, Nienke R. BIERMASZ, Amir H. ZAMANIPOOR NAJAFABADI
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND CATHETER FOR PITUITARY AND BRAIN IMPLANTATION
    Publication number: 20200276441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system, its catheter and its method for providing electrical pulses and/or therapeutic or diagnostic liquids directly to a pituitary gland of a mammal. The catheter, containing an electrode or a microcannula or both, is moved through an endovascular route of a patient to his/her sinus cavernosus and then the distal end of the electrode or microcannula is moved through an opening in the distal end of the catheter and then through a perforation in the medial wall of the sinus cavernosus, to the pituitary gland.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDEN (H.O.D.N. LUMC)
    Inventors: Wouter R. VAN FURTH, Nienke R.. BIERMASZ, Amir H. ZAMANIPOOR NAJAFABADI