Patents by Inventor Peter S. Staats

Peter S. Staats 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).

  • Methods And Apparatus For Treating Ileus Condition Using Electrical Signals
    Publication number: 20090157138
    Abstract: A method of treating a temporary arrest of intestinal peristalsis includes inducing at least one of an electric current, an electric field and an electromagnetic field in a sympathetic nerve chain of a mammal to block and/or modulate inhibitory nerve signals thereof such that intestinal peristalsis function is at least partially improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: ElectroCore, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. ERRICO, Steven MENDEZ, Peter S. STAATS
  • Methods And Apparatus For Treating Ileus Condition Using Electrical Signals
    Publication number: 20080183237
    Abstract: A method of treating a temporary arrest of intestinal peristalsis includes inducing at least one of an electric current, an electric field and an electromagnetic field in a sympathetic nerve chain of a mammal to block and/or modulate inhibitory nerve signals thereof such that intestinal peristalsis function is at least partially improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: ELECTROCORE, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph P. ERRICO, Steven MENDEZ, Peter S. STAATS
  • Methods of using kavalactone compositions
    Publication number: 20030181515
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of using compositions having health enhancing qualities, and more particularly to compositions having kavalactones, as well as use and preparation of the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: Kava Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Shoujun Chen, Joel McCleary, Lijun Sun, Peter S. Staats
  • Kavalactone compositions and methods of use
    Publication number: 20030105159
    Abstract: This invention relates to kavalactone-containing compositions, and more particularly to compositions having compounds derived from kavalactones and from capsaicinoids. The compositions are useful in modulating pain, and thus can be used to mediate, or eliminate, sensations of pain, thereby providing pain relief and reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Joel McCleary, Peter S. Staats
  • Methods of using kavalactone compositions
    Publication number: 20020192241
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of using compositions having health enhancing qualities, and more particularly to compositions having kavalactones, as well as use and preparation of the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Shoujun Chen, Joel McCleary, Lijun Sun, Peter S. Staats
  • Therapeutic method with capsaicin and capasicin analogs
    Patent number: 6248788
    Abstract: Application of capsaicin (or a capsaicin analog) in a concentration from about 5% to about 10% by weight has been discovered to be an extremely effective therapy for treating neuropathic pain. In the practice of the present invention, a regional anesthetic, preferably by means of a somatic or neuraxial block, is administered to the affected area to minimize the expected side effects from them subsequent capsaicin application. Using the protocols described, patients with previously resistant neuropathic pain have experienced pain relief for periods of two to seven weeks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Wendye R. Robbins, Peter S. Staats, Marco Pappagallo