Patents by Inventor Trevor M. Fowler

Trevor M. Fowler 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).

  • Implantable, highly collimated light-emitters for biological applications
    Patent number: 10471273
    Abstract: A neural probe for light stimulation of a tissue is provided. The probe includes a base that has light supplying circuitry, and one or more elongated microsized shanks extending from the base. Each shank has a longitudinal axis and includes one or more waveguides extending along the shank's length, with the waveguides being optically connected to the light supplying circuitry. In addition, each of the waveguides is optically connected to a diffraction grating coupler that emits a light beam from the shank when light passes from the base through the waveguide and to the diffraction grating coupler. The emitted light beam has a propagation direction at a set angle relative to an axis that is substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the shank. A method for stimulating a tissue using the neural probe is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Eran Segev, Laurent Moreaux, Trevor M. Fowler, Andrei Faraon, Michael L. Roukes
  • IMPLANTABLE, HIGHLY COLLIMATED LIGHT-EMITTERS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170106204
    Abstract: A neural probe for light stimulation of a tissue is provided. The probe includes a base that has light supplying circuitry, and one or more elongated microsized shanks extending from the base. Each shank has a longitudinal axis and includes one or more waveguides extending along the shank's length, with the waveguides being optically connected to the light supplying circuitry. In addition, each of the waveguides is optically connected to a diffraction grating coupler that emits a light beam from the shank when light passes from the base through the waveguide and to the diffraction grating coupler. The emitted light beam has a propagation direction at a set angle relative to an axis that is substantially normal to the longitudinal axis of the shank. A method for stimulating a tissue using the neural probe is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Eran Segev, Laurent Moreaux, Trevor M. Fowler, Andrei Faraon, Michael L. Roukes