Patents by Inventor Wayne Dearing

Wayne Dearing 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: 20260123871
    Abstract: An integrated switch matrix for a medical device system used for long-term monitoring of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals and mapping of the brain through cortical stimulation is configured to switch functions of various electrodes associated with the system in response to user needs. The programmable switch matrix is integrated in an EEG recording device and allows for connecting any patient electrode(s) to a ground circuit, connecting any patient electrode to a common reference, connecting a selected common reference to any or all recording device(s) in the system and, connecting any patient electrode(s) to anode and/or cathode outputs of a neurostimulator for multi-contact cortical stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Rose Rehfeldt, Ethan Rhodes, Richard A. Villarreal, Wayne Dearing, James Wadsworth
  • Publication number: 20260076769
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for advanced electrode management in neurological monitoring applications include receiving sockets configured to receive connectors having groups of electrodes. The physician is not required to manually map each electrode with its corresponding input channel. Electrodes are coupled to the corresponding input channels in groups through connectors having a unique identification (ID). The system is configured to read the unique ID of each connector and establish its identity. Based on the ID, the system configures itself to automatically correlate or associate each electrode with its corresponding input channel when the connectors are first inserted into the receiving sockets, and again if the connectors are removed and re-inserted into different positions in the receiving sockets, to insure the electrodes are always mapped to the same input channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: John A. Cadwell, Patrick Scott Jensen, Brandon Vazquez, Wayne Dearing
  • Patent number: 12533069
    Abstract: An integrated switch matrix for a medical device system used for long-term monitoring of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals and mapping of the brain through cortical stimulation is configured to switch functions of various electrodes associated with the system in response to user needs. The programmable switch matrix is integrated in an EEG recording device and allows for connecting any patient electrode(s) to a ground circuit, connecting any patient electrode to a common reference, connecting a selected common reference to any or all recording device(s) in the system and, connecting any patient electrode(s) to anode and/or cathode outputs of a neurostimulator for multi-contact cortical stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Cadwell Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Rose Rehfeldt, Ethan Rhodes, Richard A. Villarreal, Wayne Dearing, James Wadsworth
  • Patent number: 12364574
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for advanced electrode management in neurological monitoring applications include receiving sockets configured to receive connectors having groups of electrodes. The physician is not required to manually map each electrode with its corresponding input channel. Electrodes are coupled to the corresponding input channels in groups through connectors having a unique identification (ID). The system is configured to read the unique ID of each connector and establish its identity. Based on the ID, the system configures itself to automatically correlate or associate each electrode with its corresponding input channel when the connectors are first inserted into the receiving sockets, and again if the connectors are removed and re-inserted into different positions in the receiving sockets, to insure the electrodes are always mapped to the same input channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Inventors: John A. Cadwell, Patrick Scott Jensen, Brandon Vazquez, Wayne Dearing
  • Publication number: 20240285369
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for advanced electrode management in neurological monitoring applications include receiving sockets configured to receive connectors having groups of electrodes. The physician is not required to manually map each electrode with its corresponding input channel. Electrodes are coupled to the corresponding input channels in groups through connectors having a unique identification (ID). The system is configured to read the unique ID of each connector and establish its identity. Based on the ID, the system configures itself to automatically correlate or associate each electrode with its corresponding input channel when the connectors are first inserted into the receiving sockets, and again if the connectors are removed and re-inserted into different positions in the receiving sockets, to insure the electrodes are always mapped to the same input channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: John A. Cadwell, Patrick Scott Jensen, Brandon Vazquez, Wayne Dearing
  • Patent number: 11950972
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for advanced electrode management in neurological monitoring applications include receiving sockets configured to receive connectors having groups of electrodes. The physician is not required to manually map each electrode with its corresponding input channel. Electrodes are coupled to the corresponding input channels in groups through connectors having a unique identification (ID). The system is configured to read the unique ID of each connector and establish its identity. Based on the ID, the system configures itself to automatically correlate or associate each electrode with its corresponding input channel when the connectors are first inserted into the receiving sockets, and again if the connectors are removed and re-inserted into different positions in the receiving sockets, to insure the electrodes are always mapped to the same input channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventors: John A. Cadwell, Patrick Scott Jensen, Brandon Vazquez, Wayne Dearing
  • Publication number: 20230148971
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods of enabling an on-the-fly generation of at least one user-defined montage from EEG electrodes positioned in a patient's brain, on the patient's brain and/or on the patient's scalp. The methods includes generating a graphical interface to display a view of the patient's brain and/or scalp overlaid with the EEG electrodes, each of which is uniquely identified with reference to its position in the patient's brain, on the patient's brain and/or on the patient's scalp, displaying a tool within the graphical interface for selecting at least one electrode from the displayed EEG electrodes, indicating a reference electrode corresponding to the selected electrode, accessing EEG signals corresponding to the electrode and the reference electrode, and generating another graphical interface to display an EEG trace indicative of a comparison of EEG signals of the electrode and the reference electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Wayne Dearing, Michael Schulz, Alison Hull, Wes Hatley
  • Patent number: 11529107
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods of enabling an on-the-fly generation of at least one user-defined montage from EEG electrodes positioned in a patient's brain, on the patient's brain and/or on the patient's scalp. The methods includes generating a graphical interface to display a view of the patient's brain and/or scalp overlaid with the EEG electrodes, each of which is uniquely identified with reference to its position in the patient's brain, on the patient's brain and/or on the patient's scalp, displaying a tool within the graphical interface for selecting at least one electrode from the displayed EEG electrodes, indicating a reference electrode corresponding to the selected electrode, accessing EEG signals corresponding to the electrode and the reference electrode, and generating another graphical interface to display an EEG trace indicative of a comparison of EEG signals of the electrode and the reference electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Cadwell Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne Dearing, Michael Schulz, Alison Hull, Wes Hatley
  • Publication number: 20220183787
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for advanced electrode management in neurological monitoring applications include receiving sockets configured to receive connectors having groups of electrodes. The physician is not required to manually map each electrode with its corresponding input channel. Electrodes are coupled to the corresponding input channels in groups through connectors having a unique identification (ID). The system is configured to read the unique ID of each connector and establish its identity. Based on the ID, the system configures itself to automatically correlate or associate each electrode with its corresponding input channel when the connectors are first inserted into the receiving sockets, and again if the connectors are removed and re-inserted into different positions in the receiving sockets, to insure the electrodes are always mapped to the same input channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: John A. Cadwell, Patrick Scott Jensen, Brandon Vazquez, Wayne Dearing
  • Patent number: 11241297
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for advanced electrode management in neurological monitoring applications include receiving sockets configured to receive connectors having groups of electrodes. The physician is not required to manually map each electrode with its corresponding input channel. Electrodes are coupled to the corresponding input channels in groups through connectors having a unique identification (ID). The system is configured to read the unique ID of each connector and establish its identity. Based on the ID, the system configures itself to automatically correlate or associate each electrode with its corresponding input channel when the connectors are first inserted into the receiving sockets, and again if the connectors are removed and re-inserted into different positions in the receiving sockets, to insure the electrodes are always mapped to the same input channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventors: John A. Cadwell, Patrick Scott Jensen, Brandon Vazquez, Wayne Dearing
  • Publication number: 20200163629
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods of enabling an on-the-fly generation of at least one user-defined montage from EEG electrodes positioned in a patient's brain, on the patient's brain and/or on the patient's scalp. The methods includes generating a graphical interface to display a view of the patient's brain and/or scalp overlaid with the EEG electrodes, each of which is uniquely identified with reference to its position in the patient's brain, on the patient's brain and/or on the patient's scalp, displaying a tool within the graphical interface for selecting at least one electrode from the displayed EEG electrodes, indicating a reference electrode corresponding to the selected electrode, accessing EEG signals corresponding to the electrode and the reference electrode, and generating another graphical interface to display an EEG trace indicative of a comparison of EEG signals of the electrode and the reference electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Wayne Dearing, Michael Schulz, Alison Hull, Wes Hatley
  • Publication number: 20200146573
    Abstract: An integrated switch matrix for a medical device system used for long-term monitoring of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals and mapping of the brain through cortical stimulation is configured to switch functions of various electrodes associated with the system in response to user needs. The programmable switch matrix is integrated in an EEG recording device and allows for connecting any patient electrode(s) to a ground circuit, connecting any patient electrode to a common reference, connecting a selected common reference to any or all recording device(s) in the system and, connecting any patient electrode(s) to anode and/or cathode outputs of a neurostimulator for multi-contact cortical stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Rose Rehfeldt, Ethan Rhodes, Richard A. Villarreal, Wayne Dearing, James Wadsworth
  • Publication number: 20200093566
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for advanced electrode management in neurological monitoring applications include receiving sockets configured to receive connectors having groups of electrodes. The physician is not required to manually map each electrode with its corresponding input channel. Electrodes are coupled to the corresponding input channels in groups through connectors having a unique identification (ID). The system is configured to read the unique ID of each connector and establish its identity. Based on the ID, the system configures itself to automatically correlate or associate each electrode with its corresponding input channel when the connectors are first inserted into the receiving sockets, and again if the connectors are removed and re-inserted into different positions in the receiving sockets, to insure the electrodes are always mapped to the same input channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: John A. Cadwell, Patrick Scott Jensen, Brandon Vasquez, Wayne Dearing
  • Publication number: 20200085383
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for a guidance application that allows a practitioner to easily correlate a fluctuation in any channel of a plurality of channels constituting received electroencephalography (“EEG”) data to a particular physical manifestation. For example, the guidance application automatically synchronizes incoming EEG data to the physical manifestations and allows for automatic retrieval a portion of video data (e.g., of the physical manifestation) that corresponds to a selected portion of EEG data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Alison Rhoades, Wayne Dearing, Christopher Rickard
  • Patent number: 10433793
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for a guidance application that allows a practitioner to easily correlate a fluctuation in any channel of a plurality of channels constituting received electroencephalography (“EEG”) data to a particular physical manifestation. For example, the guidance application automatically synchronizes incoming EEG data to the physical manifestations and allows for automatic retrieval a portion of video data (e.g., of the physical manifestation) that corresponds to a selected portion of EEG data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Cadwell Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Alison Rhoades, Wayne Dearing, Christopher Rickard