Patents by Inventor Richard H Gracely

Richard H Gracely 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).

  • Device, system, methods, and computer readable media for managing acute and chronic pain
    Patent number: 9604054
    Abstract: Methods, devices, control modules, and computer readable media are provided for managing acute and chronic pain in subjects. More specifically, a method is provided for reducing pain in a subject that includes delivering to the subject a series of stimuli consisting of both painful and non-painful stimuli. A portion of each of the painful and the non-painful stimuli is delivered to the subject during a systolic phase of the subject's cardiac cycle and the remaining portion of each of the painful and the non-painful stimuli is delivered during a diastolic phase of the subject's cardiac cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPE HILL
    Inventors: Kati Thieme, Richard H Gracely, William Maixner, Olivier Georges Monbureau
  • DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MANAGING ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN
    Publication number: 20160022988
    Abstract: Methods, devices, control modules, and computer readable media are provided for managing acute and chronic pain in subjects. More specifically, a method is provided for reducing pain in a subject that includes delivering to the subject a series of stimuli consisting of both painful and non-painful stimuli. A portion of each of the painful and the non-painful stimuli is delivered to the subject during a systolic phase of the subject's cardiac cycle and the remaining portion of each of the painful and the non-painful stimuli is delivered during a diastolic phase of the subject's cardiac cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPE HILL
    Inventors: Kati Thieme, Richard H Gracely, William Maixner, Olivier Georges Monbureau