Patents by Inventor Robert K. Shepherd

Robert K. Shepherd 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: 20220362337
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating an auditory disorder. In particular, the present invention relates to treating an auditory disorder using supraparticles comprising a therapeutic payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Wise, Robert K. Shepherd, Frank Caruso
  • Patent number: 11413452
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a peripheral nerve electrode array that includes a first, second and third pair of electrodes spaced from each other along a longitudinal axis of the electrode array, the second pair of electrodes being located between the first and third pairs of electrodes. The present disclosure further relates to method for treating or preventing a chronic inflammatory condition in a human subject in need thereof, comprising providing to the human subject a therapeutically effective electrical stimulation of the anterior central abdominal vagus nerve or the posterior central abdominal vagus nerve, wherein the electrical stimulation is provided through two or more previously implanted electrodes at a site below the cardiac branches and above the hepatic-celiac branches of the nerve; and whereby the chronic inflammatory condition is prevented or treated in the human subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: THE BIONICS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA
    Inventors: Robert K. Shepherd, James Fallon, Sophie Payne, Owen Burns, John Barton Furness
  • Patent number: 11369661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating an auditory disorder. In particular, the present invention relates to treating an auditory disorder using supraparticles comprising a therapeutic payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: THE BIONICS INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA, THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
    Inventors: Andrew Wise, Robert K. Shepherd, Frank Caruso
  • Publication number: 20220054825
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a peripheral nerve electrode array that includes a first, second and third pair of electrodes spaced from each other along a longitudinal axis of the electrode array, the second pair of electrodes being located between the first and third pairs of electrodes. The present disclosure further relates to method for treating or preventing a chronic inflammatory condition in a human subject in need thereof, comprising providing to the human subject a therapeutically effective electrical stimulation of the anterior central abdominal vagus nerve or the posterior central abdominal vagus nerve, wherein the electrical stimulation is provided through two or more previously implanted electrodes at a site below the cardiac branches and above the hepatic-celiac branches of the nerve; and whereby the chronic inflammatory condition is prevented or treated in the human subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Robert K. Shepherd, James Fallon, Sophie Payne, Owen Burns, John Barton Furness
  • Publication number: 20200230400
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a peripheral nerve electrode array that includes a first, second and third pair of electrodes spaced from each other along a longitudinal axis of the electrode array, the second pair of electrodes being located between the first and third pairs of electrodes. The present disclosure further relates to method for treating or preventing a chronic inflammatory condition in a human subject in need thereof, comprising providing to the human subject a therapeutically effective electrical stimulation of the anterior central abdominal vagus nerve or the posterior central abdominal vagus nerve, wherein the electrical stimulation is provided through two or more previously implanted electrodes at a site below the cardiac branches and above the hepatic-celiac branches of the nerve; and whereby the chronic inflammatory condition is prevented or treated in the human subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Robert K. Shepherd, James Fallon, Sophie Payne, Owen Burns, John Barton Furness
  • Publication number: 20200000879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treating an auditory disorder. In particular, the present invention relates to treating an auditory disorder using supraparticles comprising a therapeutic payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Wise, Robert K. Shepherd, Frank Caruso
  • Publication number: 20190261912
    Abstract: Detecting of a disorder associated with impaired barrier function in the gastrointestinal tract of a subject is described, including through determining bioimpedance across a subject's gastrointestinal tract wall and detecting impaired barrier function based on bioimpedance. An electrical signal is measured between first and second electrodes, at least the first electrode being located in a gastrointestinal tract of the body and one or more characteristics are determined based on the measured electrical signal. The one or more characteristics can comprise hallmarks of impaired barrier function such as leakiness and/or permeability of the gastrointestinal tract and can provide an indication of inflammatory bowel disease and/or gut inflammation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Robert K. Shepherd, John Furness, James Fallon, Sophie Payne, Owen Burns