Patents by Inventor Ross Thomas

Ross Thomas 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: 20260166306
    Abstract: A burr hole device is configured to receive a catheter and a cable of a sheath. The sheath is configured to receive a portion of the catheter and has an electrode. When the catheter and sheath are implanted with the burr hole device, the catheter and electrode of the sheath are implanted in a brain. Systems and apparatuses may include the burr hole device and/or a cranial port device, the catheter, and the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2026
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: Biogen MA Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Abrams, Matias Maturana, Ross Thomas, Christopher Smith
  • Patent number: 12605537
    Abstract: A burr hole device is configured to receive a catheter and a cable of a sheath. The sheath is configured to receive a portion of the catheter and has an electrode. When the catheter and sheath are implanted with the burr hole device, the catheter and electrode of the sheath are implanted in a brain. Systems and apparatuses may include the burr hole device and/or a cranial port device, the catheter, and the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Biogen MA Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Abrams, Matias Maturana, Ross Thomas, Christopher Smith
  • Publication number: 20230277840
    Abstract: A burr hole device is configured to receive a catheter and a cable of a sheath. The sheath is configured to receive a portion of the catheter and has an electrode. When the catheter and sheath are implanted with the burr hole device, the catheter and electrode of the sheath are implanted in a brain. Systems and apparatuses may include the burr hole device and/or a cranial port device, the catheter, and the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Cerebral Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Abrams, Matias Maturana, Ross Thomas, Christopher Smith
  • Publication number: 20230200707
    Abstract: A device is configured to receive a catheter. The catheter may be a catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt or an external ventricular drain. The device includes (ii) an upper flange having an opening, and (ii) elongate body defining a lumen in communication with the opening. The catheter may be inserted through the opening and the lumen. The device includes an electrode disposed on the elongate body. When the device is implanted in a subject, the upper flange rests on a skull of the subject adjacent to a burr hole, the elongate body is inserted through the burr hole, and the electrode is positioned intracranially in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel J. Abrams, Matias Maturana, Ross Thomas, Christopher Smith
  • Publication number: 20080008625
    Abstract: Devices, materials and methods for the detection of one or more target analytes, particularly volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air or other gases. Point sensors and sensor arrays for the detection of one or more of such analytes in air or other gases. Sensors employ the detection of IR absorption of wavelengths characteristic of a target analyte or a class of target analytes to detect the presence of and/or measure the concentration of one or more target analytes in air or other gases. Sensors employ sorbent layers into which one or more of the target analytes are adsorbed from the air or other gases to be analyzed. Preferred sorbent layers comprise polymer sorbents, metal oxide sorbents or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Ross Thomas, Michael Carter, Joseph Trimboli