Patents by Inventor Ruth Turk

Ruth Turk 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).

  • System and method suitable for treatment of a patient with a neurological deficit by sequentially stimulating neural pathways using a system of discrete implantable medical devices
    Patent number: 7460911
    Abstract: A system and method that facilitates stimulating neural pathways, e.g., muscles and/or associated nerves, of a patient's body for the purpose of therapeutic medical treatment by rehabilitating weakened muscles and using neuroplasticity to retrain sequential muscle movements and/or to provide the ability to directly deliver functional motor movements. Use of the present invention is of particular value for treating a patient following a stroke. More particularly, such systems are characterized by a plurality of discrete devices, preferably battery powered but may alternatively include RF-powered devices as well or in combination, configured for implanting within a patient's body via injection, each device being configured to affect a parameter, e.g., via nerve and/or muscle stimulation and/or to sense a body parameter, e.g., temperature, O2 content, physical position, electrical potential, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research
    Inventors: Gregoire Cosendai, Ytizhak Zilberman, Doug Kuschner, Anne Marie Ripley, Ruth Turk, Jane Burridge, Scott V. Notley, Ross Davis, Morten Hansen, Lee Jay Mandell, Joseph H. Schulman, Robert Dan Dell, John C. Gord
  • System and method suitable for treatment of a patient with a neurological deficit by sequentially stimulating neural pathways using a system of discrete implantable medical devices
    Publication number: 20050137648
    Abstract: A system and method that facilitates stimulating neural pathways, e.g., muscles and/or associated nerves, of a patient's body for the purpose of therapeutic medical treatment by rehabilitating weakened muscles and using neuroplasticity to retrain sequential muscle movements and/or to provide the ability to directly deliver functional motor movements. Use of the present invention is of particular value for treating a patient following a stroke. More particularly, such systems are characterized by a plurality of discrete devices, preferably battery powered but may alternatively include RF-powered devices as well or in combination, configured for implanting within a patient's body via injection, each device being configured to affect a parameter, e.g., via nerve and/or muscle stimulation and/or to sense a body parameter, e.g., temperature, O2 content, physical position, electrical potential, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Gregoire Cosendai, Yitzhak Zilberman, Doug Kuschner, Anne Ripley, Ruth Turk, Jane Burridge, Scott Notley, Ross Davis, Morten Hansen, Lee Mandell, Joseph Schulman, Robert Dell, John Gord