Patents by Inventor Shaheen Hamdy

Shaheen Hamdy 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).

  • Dysphagia recovery by electrical stimulation
    Patent number: 8092433
    Abstract: A device for assisting recovery from dysphagia, and a method of preventing and/or treating dysphagia. The device includes a catheter suitable for insertion into the body of a patient, for the introduction of nutrients to the stomach of said patient, and electrodes located on a surface of the catheter, the electrodes being positioned such that when the catheter is inserted into a patient the electrodes are in a suitable position for applying electrical pharyngeal stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Phagenesis Limited
    Inventor: Shaheen Hamdy
  • Dysphagia Recovery By Electrical Stimulation
    Publication number: 20080009810
    Abstract: A device for assisting recovery from dysphagia, and a method of preventing and/or treating dysphagia. The device includes a catheter suitable for insertion into the body of a patient, for the introduction of nutrients to the stomach of said patient, and electrodes located on a surface of the catheter, the electrodes being positioned such that when the catheter is inserted into a patient the electrodes are in a suitable position for applying electrical pharyngeal stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventor: Shaheen Hamdy
  • Treatment of reduction of dysphagia
    Publication number: 20060210480
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating or reducing dysphagia in patients. In one aspect of the invention, such method comprises administering to a patient in need of such treatment or reduction an amount of an agent sufficient to produce a therapeutically effective aversive taste response. In other aspects, such methods comprise inducing in a patient in need of such treatment or reduction a therapeutically effective aversive taste response as well as administering to the patient a further swallowing stimulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventor: Shaheen Hamdy