Patents by Inventor Warren Douglas Sheffield

Warren Douglas Sheffield 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).

  • Publication number: 20210346709
    Abstract: Therapy systems with quantified biomarker targeting, including for epilepsy treatment, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed. A representative computer-based method for establishing epilepsy treatment parameters for a patient includes receiving multiple indications of interictal EEG biomarkers over a period of time and processing the multiple indications to produce a processed biomarker. The processed biomarker is then used to identify at least one target location at the patient's brain to receive an electrical therapy signal to reduce or eliminate epileptic activity in the patient, and at least one additional signal delivery parameter in accordance with which the electrical therapy signal is to be delivered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kent Leyde, Brian Lundstrom, Gregory Worrell, Squire Matthew Stead, Warren Douglas Sheffield
  • Patent number: 7565199
    Abstract: Methods for treating and/or collecting information regarding neurological disorders, including language disorders. A method in accordance with one embodiment directing a patient to perform a language-based task, directing information to be collected, with the information corresponding to a level of neural activity in the patient's brain while the patient performs the language-based task, and, based at least in part on the information, selecting a stimulation site within the patient's skull for receiving an electrode coupleable to an electrical current. In further embodiments, at least one electrode can be placed at the stimulation site, and the patient's language disorder can be reduced by applying electrical stimulation directly to the stimulation site via the at least one electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Douglas Sheffield, Alvaro Pascual-Leone
  • Publication number: 20080146959
    Abstract: Methods for treating and/or collecting information regarding neurological disorders, including language disorders, are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment directing a patient to perform a language-based task, directing information to be collected, with the information corresponding to a level of neural activity in the patient's brain while the patient performs the language-based task, and, based at least in part on the information, selecting a stimulation site within the patient's skull for receiving an electrode coupleable to an electrical current. In further embodiments, at least one electrode can be placed at the stimulation site, and the patient's language disorder can be reduced by applying electrical stimulation directly to the stimulation site via the at least one electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Northstar Neuroscience, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Douglas Sheffield, Alvaro Pascual-Leone