Patents by Inventor Stephanie Lacour

Stephanie Lacour 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).

  • Stretchable electronic structures formed of thin films integrated with soft heterogeneous substrate
    Patent number: 9826625
    Abstract: Stretchable electronic structure comprising one intrinsically fragile thin film integrated on or within a soft heterogeneous substrate. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Hugues Vandeparre, Stephanie Lacour
  • STRETCHABLE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES FORMED OF THIN FILMS INTEGRATED WITH SOFT HETEROGENEOUS SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20150143925
    Abstract: Stretchable electronic structure comprising one intrinsically fragile thin film integrated on or within a soft heterogeneous substrate. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Hugues Vandeparre, Stephanie Lacour
  • NEURAL INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20110021943
    Abstract: This invention relates to the neural interface comprising one or more electrode-coupled microchannels. Each electrode-coupled microchannel comprises a microchannel for accommodating regenerating nerve axons; and one or more electrodes exposed to the interior of said microchannel. The one or more electrodes may comprise (i) a stimulation array suitable for generating an extracellular stimulus current which induces an action potential in an axon in the microchannel; and/or (ii) a recording array which detects an extracellular signal in the microchannel indicative of an action potential in an axon in the microchannel. Interfaces as described may be useful in blocking pain, treating misrouted motor nerves; repair or treating nerve injury; or controlling or providing sensation and/or proprioception from a prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Cambridge Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Stephanie Lacour, James Fawcett, James Fitzgerald, Edward Tarte, Steve McMahon