Patents by Inventor Alim Benabid

Alim Benabid 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).

  • Techniques for controlling abnormal involuntary movements by brain stimulation and drug infusion
    Patent number: 6227203
    Abstract: The present invention discloses techniques for controlling abnormal involuntary movement (AIM) disorders as experienced by persons with Parkinson's disease under high dosage of levodopa by electrical stimulation and/or drug infusion. The present invention utilizes an implantable signal generator and an electrode and/or an implantable pump and catheter. High electrical stimulation pulses and/or drug therapy is provided to predetermined portions of the brain to blocking neural activity in the Centremedian-Parafasicularis nucleus thereby reducing activity in the medial pallidal nucleus (GPi) which, in turn, reduces the AIM disorder. A sensor may be used to detect the symptoms resulting from the AIM disorder. A microprocessor or algorithm may then analyzes the output from the sensor to regulate the stimulation and/or drug therapy delivered to the brain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignees: Medtronic, Inc., Inserm
    Inventors: Mark T. Rise, Alim Benabid, Dominique Caparros-Lefebvre
  • Method of arresting degeneration of the substantia nigra by high frequency stimulation of subthalamic nucleus
    Patent number: 5707396
    Abstract: A method of preventing further degeneration of the substantia nigra observed in patients with Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Institute National de la Sante de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
    Inventor: Alim Benabid