Patents by Inventor Trent George Nicol

Trent George Nicol 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).

  • Patent number: 11969256
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for identifying non-penetrating brain injury in a subject, as well as methods for classifying a subject that received a hit to the body that transmitted an impulsive force to the brain as either having a non-penetrating brain injury or not, by analyzing one or more components of frequency-following response (FFR) following administration of an acoustic stimulus to the subject. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods for assessing a subject's recovery from a non-penetrating brain injury. Also disclosed herein are processes and systems for automatically generating acoustic stimuli and processing brain response data to identify non-penetrating brain injuries in subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Nina Kraus, Jennifer Lynn Krizman, Trent George Nicol, Travis White-Schwoch
  • Patent number: 11759140
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for evaluating the sound quality of a digital engineering process by, in part, measuring the frequency following response (FFR) of the human auditory system elicited by identical auditory stimuli (e.g., a musical interval) encoded with variations of a digital signal processing technique (e.g., various sampling rates). Once measured, the FFR may be analyzed to determine the comparative effect of each digital signal processing technique on a human subject's ability to process complex stimuli presented by the digital engineering process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Nina Kraus, Trent George Nicol, Jennifer Lynn Krizman, Travis White-Schwoch
  • Publication number: 20210121119
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for identifying non-penetrating brain injury in a subject, as well as methods for classifying a subject that received a hit to the body that transmitted an impulsive force to the brain as either having a non-penetrating brain injury or not, by analyzing one or more components of frequency-following response (FFR) following administration of an acoustic stimulus to the subject. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods for assessing a subject's recovery from a non-penetrating brain injury. Also disclosed herein are processes and systems for automatically generating acoustic stimuli and processing brain response data to identify non-penetrating brain injuries in subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Nina Kraus, Jennifer Lynn Krizman, Trent George Nicol, Travis White-Schwoch
  • Publication number: 20200305755
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for evaluating the sound quality of a digital engineering process by, in part, measuring the frequency following response (FFR) of the human auditory system elicited by identical auditory stimuli (e.g., a musical interval) encoded with variations of a digital signal processing technique (e.g., various sampling rates). Once measured, the FFR may be analyzed to determine the comparative effect of each digital signal processing technique on a human subject's ability to process complex stimuli presented by the digital engineering process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Nina Kraus, Trent George Nicol, Jennifer Lynn Krizman, Travis White-Schwoch
  • Patent number: 10588536
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for identifying non-penetrating brain injury in a subject, as well as methods for classifying a subject that received a hit to the body that transmitted an impulsive force to the brain as either having a non-penetrating brain injury or not, by analyzing one or more components of frequency-following response (FFR) following administration of an acoustic stimulus to the subject. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods for assessing a subject's recovery from a non-penetrating brain injury. Also disclosed herein are processes and systems for automatically generating acoustic stimuli and processing brain response data to identify non-penetrating brain injuries in subjects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Nina Kraus, Trent George Nicol, Jennifer Lynn Krizman, Travis Aaron White-Schwoch
  • Publication number: 20170332935
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for identifying non-penetrating brain injury in a subject, as well as methods for classifying a subject that received a hit to the body that transmitted an impulsive force to the brain as either having a non-penetrating brain injury or not, by analyzing one or more components of frequency-following response (FFR) following administration of an acoustic stimulus to the subject. In addition, the present disclosure provides methods for assessing a subject's recovery from a non-penetrating brain injury. Also disclosed herein are processes and systems for automatically generating acoustic stimuli and processing brain response data to identify non-penetrating brain injuries in subjects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: NIna Kraus, Trent George Nicol, Jennifer Lynn Krizman, Travis Aaron White-Schwoch