Patents by Inventor Peter A. Newsom

Peter A. Newsom 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).

  • Publication number: 20250157622
    Abstract: A method is provided for coordinated wellness treatments using a plurality of PBM devices. The method includes collecting wellness data from each PBM device; transmitting the collected wellness data to a server; analyzing the wellness data to generate personalized treatment recommendations; recording the wellness data and treatment recommendations onto a distributed ledger system; communicating the personalized treatment recommendations to each PBM device; and adjusting the PBM treatments based on the personalized recommendations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 1, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: John A Fortkort, Robert R. Mullen, III, Thomas A. Cocotis, Peter A. Newsom
  • Publication number: 20250152966
    Abstract: A method is provided for treating a plaque-based arterial occlusion in a carotid artery of a subject. The method includes performing a carotid endarterectomy on the subject; determining the levels in the subject of a plurality of biomarkers Bi?[B1, . . . , Bn], wherein n ?2; and performing light therapy on the subject if any of the plurality of biomarkers Bi has a level xi in excess of a corresponding threshold value ti.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Annelise E. Barron, John A. Fortkort, Peter A. Newsom
  • Publication number: 20250140374
    Abstract: A wellness system operating within a web3 infrastructure is provided. The system includes a plurality of Photobiomodulation (PBM) devices, each associated with a user and capable of generating and transmitting user-specific wellness data; a server equipped with a smart contract interpreter capable of executing smart contracts within a distributed ledger environment; and a distributed ledger for storing and managing the user-specific wellness data and treatment regimens, wherein the ledger operates within the web3 infrastructure and is accessible by the plurality of PBM devices and the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: John A Fortkort, Robert R. Mullen, III, Thomas A. Cocotis, Peter A. Newsom
  • Publication number: 20250140373
    Abstract: A cloud-based wellness system is provided. The system includes a plurality of photobiomodulation (PBM) devices, each device associated with one of a plurality of users and adapted for communication with other PBM devices; a distributed ledger system containing records of wellness data and treatment regimens, where each record is cryptographically secured, and wherein any modification is time-stamped and appended to the ledger; a server, equipped with a software client to facilitate communication between PBM devices and to record wellness data and treatment regimens to the distributed ledger system; and at least one processor that operates on the wellness database to generate personalized treatment recommendations for each of the plurality of users, wherein said recommendations are recorded onto the distributed ledger system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: John A. Fortkort, Robert R. Mullen, III, Thomas A. Cocotis, Peter A. Newsom
  • Publication number: 20240395388
    Abstract: A system is provided for promoting wellness. The system includes a software client, an instance of which is installed on a plurality of client photobiomodulation (PBM) devices, wherein each client PBM device is associated with one of a plurality of users; a wellness database containing wellness data collected from the plurality of users; and a server, in communication with the plurality of client PBM devices, which receives wellness data and treatment objectives from the plurality of users via the software client, and which provides light therapy treatment recommendations to the plurality of client PBM devices. The server is equipped with an artificial intelligence engine which accepts treatment objectives from each of said plurality of users and operates on said wellness database to generate PBM recommendations for each of said plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: John A. Fortkort, Robert R. Mullen, III, Thomas A. Cocotis, Peter A. Newsom
  • Publication number: 20230310792
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are provided for performing brainwave entrainment on a subject. An exemplary embodiment of these methodologies includes providing a signal source selected from the group consisting of audio signal sources and video signal sources; and using the signal source to apply to the subject, or to induce the formation of in the subject, at least one nested waveform selected from the group consisting of audio waves and electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: John A Fortkort, PETER A. NEWSOM, Annelise E. Barron
  • Publication number: 20210275827
    Abstract: A method is provided for treating a subject for clinical depression or major depression, traumatic brain injury, opioid addiction, or other such physiological of psychological condition. The method includes diagnosing the subject as suffering from the condition; providing a light therapy unit comprising (a) a chassis, (b) a plurality of LEDs disposed on said chassis, and (c) a controller which controls the operation of said LEDs; and operating the plurality of LEDs at a plurality of distinct wavelengths of light such that the light emitted by the LEDs impinges on the subject, and such that the intensity of at least one of the plurality of distinct wavelengths of light is modulated at a frequency within the range of about 20 Hz to about 60 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Annelise E. Barron, John A. Fortkort, Peter A. Newsom, Jovanka Y. Hedeker, Thomas A. Cocotis, Robert R. Mullen, III