Patents by Inventor Ronald D. Chervin

Ronald D. Chervin 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: 11224584
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to treating sleep apnea and particularly, but not exclusively, to treating sleep apnea with immunotherapeutics and/or anti-inflammatory drugs such as beta-interferons and glatiramer acetate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Tiffany J. Braley, Benjamin Segal, Ronald D. Chervin
  • Publication number: 20190091293
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to treating sleep apnea and particularly, but not exclusively, to treating sleep apnea with immunotherapeutics and/or anti-inflammatory drugs such as beta-interferons and glatiramer acetate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tiffany J. Braley, Benjamin Segal, Ronald D. Chervin
  • Patent number: 10172920
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to treating sleep apnea and particularly, but not exclusively, to treating sleep apnea with immunotherapeutics and/or anti-inflammatory drugs such as beta-interferons and glatiramer acetate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Tiffany J. Braley, Benjamin Segal, Ronald D. Chervin
  • Publication number: 20150139935
    Abstract: Provided herein is technology relating to treating sleep apnea and particularly, but not exclusively, to treating sleep apnea with immunotherapeutics and/or anti-inflammatory drugs such as beta-interferons and glatiramer acetate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Tiffany J. Braley, Benjamin Segal, Ronald D. Chervin
  • Publication number: 20130139819
    Abstract: A sleep apnea treatment device that includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and an energy storage component. The first chamber receives a patient's exhaled breath, which causes the second chamber to be expanded with fresh air that is drawn in during expansion of the second chamber. Energy from the patient's exhaled breath is stored in the energy storage component and then used to expel the air in the second chamber under positive pressure into the patient's airway. The first chamber can expand during the patient's exhaled breath which causes a plate or other movable member to simultaneously expand the second chamber to thereby draw in the fresh air that is subsequently expelled to the patient using the energy in the energy storage component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Ronald D. Chervin, Katya B. Christenson, Steven M. Fannon, Joseph W. Jacquemin, Davina A. Widjaja, Kathleen Sienko
  • Patent number: 7996076
    Abstract: Methods and systems for diagnosing or assessing rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD). Muscle tone or activity variance during rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep intervals of a polysomnogram are compared. A threshold based on the NREM data is used to identify a subject-specific threshold for abnormality in the REM variance. A metric that includes the percentage of REM variance exceeding the threshold relates to RBD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Michigan, Michigan Technological University
    Inventors: Joseph W. Burns, Ronald D. Chervin
  • Publication number: 20080262373
    Abstract: Methods and systems for diagnosing or assessing rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD). Muscle tone or activity variance during rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep intervals of a polysomnogram are compared. A threshold based on the NREM data is used to identify a subject-specific threshold for abnormality in the REM variance. A metric that includes the percentage of REM variance exceeding the threshold relates to RBD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph W. Burns, Ronald D. Chervin
  • Patent number: 7190995
    Abstract: A system and method for determining respiratory cycle-related EEG changes (RCREC) for a subject with sleep-disordered breathing are provided. The method includes receiving an EEG signal from the subject using at least one sensor, and defining at least two respiratory cycle segments within each respiratory cycle. The method further includes determining an EEG power of the EEG signal during each of the at least two respiratory cycle segments, and determining RCREC by calculating a difference between a maximum EEG segment power and a minimum EEG segment power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Michigan, Altarum Institute
    Inventors: Ronald D. Chervin, Joseph W. Burns, Nikolas S. Subotic, Christopher Roussi
  • Publication number: 20040254493
    Abstract: A system and method for determining respiratory cycle-related EEG changes (RCREC) for a subject with sleep-disordered breathing are provided. The method includes receiving an EEG signal from the subject using at least one sensor, and defining at least two respiratory cycle segments within each respiratory cycle. The method further includes determining an EEG power of the EEG signal during each of the at least two respiratory cycle segments, and determining RCREC by calculating a difference between a maximum EEG segment power and a minimum EEG segment power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicants: The Regents of the University of Michigan, Altarum Institute
    Inventors: Ronald D. Chervin, Joseph W. Burns, Nikolas S. Subotic, Christopher Roussi