Patents by Inventor Parker D. O'Brien

Parker D. O'Brien 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).

  • REVERSIBLE THERMAL NEUROMODULATION USING FOCUSED ULTRASOUND
    Publication number: 20200121960
    Abstract: A method includes positioning an ultrasound transducer system to direct focused ultrasound energy into a subject's tissue, configuring the ultrasound transducer system to direct focused ultrasound energy into target nervous system tissue in the subject's tissue configured to cause heating of the target nervous system tissue to reversibly modulate neural activity, and delivering focused ultrasound energy to target nervous system tissue based on the configured ultrasound transducer system. A system includes a dual-mode ultrasound transducer and a controller configured to deliver focused ultrasound energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: David Darrow, Emad S. Ebbini, Parker D. O'Brien, Theoden Netoff