Patents by Inventor William D. Woolf

William D. Woolf 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: 20260076611
    Abstract: A method includes accessing EEG data obtained from each of a first plurality of subjects and from each of a second plurality of subjects, and training a machine learning model to identify a brain state associated with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) using the EEG data for each of the first plurality of subjects. The first plurality of subjects are known to have mTBI, and the second plurality of subjects are known to be mTBI unafflicted. The EEG data for each subject includes EEG data for the subject at rest and sensory evoked response EEG data for the subject. A system for identifying a brain state of a subject includes a portable odorant generation and EEG recording system, and at least one processor configured to use a trained machine learning model to analyze EEG data obtained by the EEG recording system to identify the brain state of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: William D. WOOLF, David William SMITH, Andreas KEIL
  • Patent number: 11986310
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for evaluating olfactory function are configured to: electronically estimate a user-specific odorant detection threshold sensitivity threshold using at least one target stimulus odorant delivered to a nose of a user; flowably deliver a plurality of different target stimulus odorants to the nose of the user with defined concentrations of the different target stimulus odorants based, at least in part, on the estimated user-specific odorant detection sensitivity threshold; and evaluate olfactory function of the user based on the user's response to the delivered different target stimulus odorants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Olfaxis, LLC
    Inventors: David William Smith, Richard Michelli, William D. Woolf, Edward Karwacki
  • Publication number: 20220313142
    Abstract: Systems and methods for evaluating neurologic function of a subject are described. An odorant, auditory and/or somatosensory generator is configured to deliver a sensory stimulation to the subject, a plurality of electrodes are configured to be attached to the subject, and a handheld EEG control unit is configured to control the odorant, auditory and/or somatosensory generator, process the neural signals from the plurality of electrodes and generate an assessment of neurologic function of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: William D. WOOLF, David William SMITH, Andreas KEIL
  • Publication number: 20210298661
    Abstract: An apparatus, module, methods and systems for automated, standardized assessment and analysis of a human olfactory system's odor detection ability as an indicator or predictor of cognitive impairment or change in cognitive health, and other health conditions such as diabetes. Notably, the present invention is operable for use across all age groups of humans and provides quantitative detection and analysis of a human olfactory system's detection ability compared to a relevant demographic population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: David William Smith, Jesse Samuel Eberdt, III, Richard Michelli, William D. Woolf, William Linwood Douglas Townsend, JR., Edward Karwacki
  • Patent number: 10980467
    Abstract: An apparatus, module, methods and systems for automated, standardized assessment and analysis of a human olfactory system's odor detection ability as an indicator or predictor of cognitive impairment or change in cognitive health, and other health conditions such as diabetes. Notably, the present invention is operable for use across all age groups of humans and provides quantitative detection and analysis of a human olfactory system's detection ability compared to a relevant demographic population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Olfaxis, LLC
    Inventors: David William Smith, Jesse Samuel Eberdt, III, Richard Michelli, William D. Woolf, William Linwood Douglas Townsend, Jr., Edward Karwacki
  • Publication number: 20200253531
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems for evaluating olfactory function are configured to: electronically estimate a user-specific odorant detection threshold sensitivity threshold using at least one target stimulus odorant delivered to a nose of a user; flowably deliver a plurality of different target stimulus odorants to the nose of the user with defined concentrations of the different target stimulus odorants based, at least in part, on the estimated user-specific odorant detection sensitivity threshold; and evaluate olfactory function of the user based on the user's response to the delivered different target stimulus odorants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: David William Smith, Richard Michelli, William D. Woolf, Edward Karwacki
  • Publication number: 20180110457
    Abstract: An apparatus, module, methods and systems for automated, standardized assessment and analysis of a human olfactory system's odor detection ability as an indicator or predictor of cognitive impairment or change in cognitive health, and other health conditions such as diabetes. Notably, the present invention is operable for use across all age groups of humans and provides quantitative detection and analysis of a human olfactory system's detection ability compared to a relevant demographic population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: David William Smith, Jesse Samuel Eberdt, III, Richard Michelli, William D. Woolf, William Linwood Douglas Townsend, JR., Edward Karwacki