Patents by Inventor Philipp Tanner

Philipp Tanner 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).

  • Patent number: 7471974
    Abstract: A method for planning the stimulation of hyper/hypometabolic cortical areas includes determining anatomical patient data using an imaging method and detecting positions of (i) the hyper/hypometabolic cortical areas in a patient's anatomy and (ii) a position of a stimulator. The positions of the hyper/hypometabolic cortical areas are registered and/or referenced with respect to the position of the stimulation means. An optimal positioning for the stimulator is determined on the basis of the relative positional information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: BrainLAB AG
    Inventors: Andreas Hartlep, Philipp Tanner, Peter Eichhammer, Berthold Langguth
  • Patent number: 7266227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: a method for planning an infusion, wherein patient data are captured and the infusion to be carried out is planned using the captured patient data; and to a computer program which may be loaded in the memory of a computer and which includes sections of software code with which the method is performed when the program is running on a computer; and to a device for planning an infusion, comprising a patient data capturing system and a computer system for carrying out planning based on the captured patient data; to a method for carrying out an infusion, wherein the infusion is planned and then carried out; and to a device for carrying out an infusion, comprising a verification device for comparing planned infusion data with actual infusion data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: BrainLAB AG
    Inventors: Christoph Pedain, Philipp Tanner, Andrea Hartlep
  • Patent number: 7239910
    Abstract: The invention relates to: a method for stimulating and/or inhibiting at least one point or area of a brain using at least one stimulation device, wherein: the spatial structure of the head or brain is recorded; a three-dimensional simulation model of the surface of the brain is generated from the recording of the spatial structure of the brain; and the stimulation device is arranged relative to the head or brain using the three-dimensional simulation model of the surface of the brain, such that the at least one point or area of the brain can be stimulated using the stimulation device; a device for stimulating and/or inhibiting at least one point or area of a brain, comprising a recording device for detecting the spatial structure of the brain, a computational device for generating a simulation model of the surface of the brain and at least one stimulation or induction device, in particular a coil; a method for determining the function of a particular area of the brain, wherein at least one particular area is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: BrainLAB AG
    Inventor: Philipp Tanner
  • Patent number: 6830544
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the function of a particular area of the brain, wherein at least one point on the brain is stimulated and/or inhibited, and from the presence of a perceived but not actually present sensory impression as a result of a stimulation pattern and/or a not perceived but actually present sensory impression as a result of an inhibiting pattern, the stimulated or inhibited area of the brain is functionally assigned, and to a device for determining the function of a particular area of the brain, comprising at least one device for stimulating and/or inhibiting at least one particular area of a brain and a device for generating a visual and/or acoustic and/or sensory and/or olfactory sensory impression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: BrainLAB AG
    Inventor: Philipp Tanner
  • Publication number: 20040138550
    Abstract: A method for planning the stimulation of hyper/hypometabolic cortical areas includes determining anatomical patient data using an imaging method and detecting positions of (i) the hyper/hypometabolic cortical areas in a patient's anatomy and (ii) a position of a stimulator. The positions of the hyper/hypometabolic cortical areas are registered and/or referenced with respect to the position of the stimulation means. An optimal positioning for the stimulator is determined on the basis of the relative positional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Andreas Hartlep, Philipp Tanner, Peter Eichhammer, Berthold Langguth
  • Publication number: 20030114751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: a method for planning an infusion, wherein patient data are captured and the infusion to be carried out is planned using the captured patient data; and to a computer program which may be loaded in the memory of a computer and which includes sections of software code with which the method is performed when the program is running on a computer; and to a device for planning an infusion, comprising a patient data capturing system and a computer system for carrying out planning based on the captured patient data; to a method for carrying out an infusion, wherein the infusion is planned and then carried out; and to a device for carrying out an infusion, comprising a verification device for comparing planned infusion data with actual infusion data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Christoph Pedain, Philipp Tanner, Andreas Hartlep
  • Publication number: 20030065243
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the function of a particular area of the brain, wherein at least one point on the brain is stimulated and/or inhibited, and from the presence of a perceived but not actually present sensory impression as a result of a stimulation pattern and/or a not perceived but actually present sensory impression as a result of an inhibiting pattern, the stimulated or inhibited area of the brain is functionally assigned, and to a device for determining the function of a particular area of the brain, comprising at least one device for stimulating and/or inhibiting at least one particular area of a brain and a device for generating a visual and/or acoustic and/or sensory and/or olfactory sensory impression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventor: Philipp Tanner
  • Publication number: 20030023159
    Abstract: The invention relates to: a method for stimulating and/or inhibiting at least one point or area of a brain using at least one stimulation device, wherein: the spatial structure of the head or brain is recorded; a three-dimensional simulation model of the surface of the brain is generated from the recording of the spatial structure of the brain; and the stimulation device is arranged relative to the head or brain using the three-dimensional simulation model of the surface of the brain, such that the at least one point or area of the brain can be stimulated using the stimulation device; a device for stimulating and/or inhibiting at least one point or area of a brain, comprising a recording device for detecting the spatial structure of the brain, a computational device for generating a simulation model of the surface of the brain and at least one stimulation or induction device, in particular a coil; a method for determining the function of a particular area of the brain, wherein at least one particular area is
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Philipp Tanner
  • Publication number: 20030004392
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for stimulating specific areas of a brain using an induction device (1), comprising the following steps: recording the spatial structure of the head, in particular the brain; generating a simulation model of the induction device (1); and arranging the induction device (1) relative to the head such that a specific area of the brain determined by means of the simulation model of the induction device (1) is stimulated by a current flowing in the induction device (1), as well as to a method for stimulating specific areas of a brain using an induction device (1), comprising the following steps: recording the spatial structure of the head, in particular the brain; generating a simulation model of the head; and arranging the induction device (1) relative to the head such that a specific area of the brain determined by means of the simulation model of the head is stimulated by a current flowing in the induction device (1), as well as to a device for stimulating specific areas of a br
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Philipp Tanner, Andreas Hartlep, Henrik Wist, Kerstin Wendicke, Thomas Weyh