Patents by Inventor Tim Kofol

Tim Kofol 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 for EEG imaging of cerebral activity using small electrode sets
    Patent number: 7809434
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of estimating cerebral sources of electrical activity from a small subset of EEG channels utilizing existing methods to provide a 3-dimensional, discrete, distributed, linear solution to the inverse problem using inputs consisting of a small number of EEG channels (e.g., 4 channels) augmented with synthetic EEG data for the other channels. The resultant image of cerebral electrical activity in the region of the EEG channels from which data is recorded is of comparable spatial resolution in the corresponding region to images of cerebral electrical activity obtained using a complete set of EEG channels (e.g., using 24 channels).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC
    Inventors: Tim Kofol, Scott D. Greenwald, Philip H. Devlin
  • System and method for EEG imaging of cerebral activity using small electrode sets
    Publication number: 20060149160
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of estimating cerebral sources of electrical activity from a small subset of EEG channels utilizing existing methods to provide a 3-dimensional, discrete, distributed, linear solution to the inverse problem using inputs consisting of a small number of EEG channels (e.g., 4 channels) augmented with synthetic EEG data for the other channels. The resultant image of cerebral electrical activity in the region of the EEG channels from which data is recorded is of comparable spatial resolution in the corresponding region to images of cerebral electrical activity obtained using a complete set of EEG channels (e.g., using 24 channels).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: Aspect Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Kofol, Scott Greenwald, Philip Devlin