Inventor

Norbert Kaula

Inventor
Arvada, CO, US

Overview

127→
Patents
2002–2021
Patent span
Human necessities
Primary field (CPC A)

Patents· 127 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

A61Nprimary
A61NElectrotherapy30%
A61BDiagnosis29%
G06FElectric digital data processing12%
G16HHealthcare informatics, i.e. information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical or healthcare data12%
G16ZInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for specific application fields, not otherwise provided for5%
A61FFilters implantable into blood vessels4%
A61MDevices for introducing media into, or onto, the body4%
G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to present variable information1%
G01RMeasuring electric variables1%
G06TImage data processing or generation, in general1%
PatentTitleYear
11,116,986Systems, methods, and devices for performing electronically controlled test stimulation202111,110,277System and method of performing computer assisted stimulation programming (CASP) with a non-zero starting value customized to a patient202110,993,650System for determining nerve direction to a surgical instrument202110,980,524Surgical access system and related methods202110,967,186System and method of developing a program for providing therapeutic electrical stimulation for treating a patient202110,716,509System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction and pathology during surgery202010,695,044Surgical access system and related methods202010,668,276Method and system of bracketing stimulation parameters on clinician programmers202010,507,120Systems and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments201910,470,707System and methods for performing percutaneous pedicle integrity assessments201910,391,321Systems, methods, and devices for evaluating lead placement based on generated visual representations of sacrum and lead201910,376,701Touch screen safety controls for clinician programmer201910,357,238Surgical access system and related methods201910,347,381Programming and virtual reality representation of stimulation parameter groups201910,251,633Surgical access system and related methods201910,245,434Systems, methods, and devices for evaluating lead placement based on patient physiological responses201910,238,877Methods, systems and devices for determining optimal placement for pudendal nerve stimulation lead using patient feedback201910,159,843Automatic current balancing with lock control for a clinician programmer201810,141,076Programming and virtual reality representation of stimulation parameter groups201810,124,171Systems, methods, and devices for automatically enabling different workflows based on selected medical devices201810,118,037System, method, and device for providing feedback to a patient during electrical stimulation201810,080,897IPG configured to deliver different pulse regimes to different leads for pudendal nerve stimulation201810,083,261Method and system of simulating a pulse generator on a clinician programmer201810,076,667System and method of performing computer assisted stimulation programming (CASP) with a non-zero starting value customized to a patient201810,052,490Systems, methods, and devices for performing electronically controlled test stimulation20189,943,691System and method of developing a program for providing therapeutic electrical stimulation for treating a patient20189,931,077System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction and pathology during surgery20189,931,511Method and apparatus for visualizing a migration history of pain maps and stimulation maps20189,901,740'Clinician programming system and method'20189,895,532'Pudendal and sacral nerve stimulation sweep algorithm and method'20189,872,988Systems, methods, and devices for evaluating lead placement based on patient physiological responses20189,848,861Surgical access system and related methods20179,833,227Surgical access system and related methods20179,826,968Surgical access system and related methods20179,827,424System and method of establishing a protocol for providing electrical stimulation with a stimulation system to treat a patient20179,820,729'Surgical access system and related methods'20179,795,371'Surgical access system and related methods'20179,776,007'Method and system of quick neurostimulation electrode configuration and positioning'20179,767,255'Predefined input for clinician programmer data entry'20179,750,490'Surgical access system and related methods'20179,750,946'Systems, methods, and devices for evaluating lead placement based on generated visual representations of sacrum and lead'20179,669,217'IPG configured to deliver different pulse regimes to different leads for pudendal nerve stimulation'20179,669,227'Systems, methods, and devices for generating arbitrary stimulation waveforms'20179,662,503'System and method of displaying stimulation map and pain map overlap coverage representation'20179,615,788'Method and system of producing 2D representations of 3D pain and stimulation maps and implant models on a clinician programmer'20179,610,449'Method and apparatus for displaying a graphical impedance history for output channels of a lead'20179,596,224'Systems, devices, components and methods for communicating with an IMD using a portable electronic device and a mobile computing device'20179,592,385'Patient handheld device for use with a spinal cord stimulation system'20179,594,877'Virtual reality representation of medical devices'20179,572,562'Surgical access system and related methods'20179,555,255'Touch screen finger position indicator for a spinal cord stimulation programming device'20179,507,912'Method and system of simulating a pulse generator on a clinician programmer'20169,504,830'Methods, systems and devices for determining optimal placement for pudendal nerve stimulation lead using patient feedback'20169,468,405'Surgical access system and related methods'20169,471,753'Programming and virtual reality representation of stimulation parameter Groups'20169,456,783'System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction and pathology during surgery'20169,452,294'Automatic current balancing with lock control for a clinician programmer'20169,433,790'Pudendal and sacral nerve stimulation sweep algorithm and method'20169,427,584'IPG configured to deliver different pulse regimes to different leads for pudendal nerve stimulation'20169,375,582'Touch screen safety controls for clinician programmer'20169,375,574'System and method of providing computer assisted stimulation programming (CASP)'20169,314,640'Touch screen finger position indicator for a spinal cord stimulation programming device'20169,301,743'Surgical access system and related methods'20169,259,577'Method and system of quick neurostimulation electrode configuration and positioning'20169,234,920'Electrically identifiable electrode lead and method of electrically identifying an electrode lead'20169,204,871'Surgical access system and related methods'20159,180,302'Touch screen finger position indicator for a spinal cord stimulation programming device'20159,144,680'System and method of establishing a protocol for providing electrical stimulation with a stimulation system to treat a patient'20159,126,043'Patient handheld device for use with a spinal cord stimulation system'20159,072,903'System and method of establishing a protocol for providing electrical stimulation with a stimulation system to treat a patient'20159,037,250'System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction and pathology during surgery'20158,983,616'Method and system for associating patient records with pulse generators'20158,977,352'Systems and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments'20158,956,283'Surgical access system and related methods'20158,915,846'Surgical access system and related methods'20148,903,496'Clinician programming system and method'20148,868,199'System and method of compressing medical maps for pulse generator or database storage'20148,812,125'Systems and methods for the identification and association of medical devices'20148,812,116'System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction, and pathology during surgery'20148,798,768'Electrically identifiable electrode lead and method of electrically identifying an electrode lead'20148,768,450'System and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments'20148,761,897'Method and system of graphical representation of lead connector block and implantable pulse generators on a clinician programmer'20148,757,485'System and method for using clinician programmer and clinician programming data for inventory and manufacturing prediction and control'20148,747,307'Surgical access system and related methods'20148,738,123'System and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments'20148,696,559'Surgical access system and related methods'20148,679,006'Surgical access system and related methods'20148,672,840'Surgical access system and related methods'20148,663,100'Surgical access system and related methods'2014D0698779'Clinician programmer for implantable neurostimulator'20148,634,904'System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction, and pathology during surgery'20148,602,982'Surgical access system and related methods'20138,562,521'Surgical access system and related methods'20138,550,994'Surgical access system and related methods'20138,548,579'System and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments'20138,512,235'Surgical access system and related methods'20138,439,832'Surgical access system and related methods'20138,403,841'Surgical access system and related methods'20138,343,046'Surgical access system and related methods'20138,303,498'Surgical access system and related methods'20128,265,744'Systems and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments'20128,244,343'System and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments'20128,192,356'Surgical access system and related methods'20128,192,357'Surgical access system and related methods'20128,187,179'Surgical access system and related methods'20128,182,423'Surgical access system and related methods'20128,172,750'Surgical access system and related methods'20128,147,421'System and methods for determining nerve direction to a surgical instrument'20128,137,284'Surgical access system and related methods'20128,133,173'Surgical access system and related methods'20128,114,019'Surgical access system and related methods'20128,068,912'System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction, and pathology during surgery'20118,055,349'System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction, and pathology during surgery'20118,050,769'System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction, and pathology during surgery'20118,027,716'System and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments'20118,005,535'System and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments'20118,000,782'System and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments'20117,935,051'Surgical access system and related methods'20117,920,922'System and methods for determining nerve proximity, direction, and pathology during surgery'20117,892,173'Surgical access system and related methods'20117,819,801'Surgical access system and related methods'20107,691,057'Surgical access system and related methods'20107,664,544'System and methods for performing percutaneous pedicle integrity assessments'20107,582,058'Surgical access system and related methods'20097,522,953'System and methods for performing surgical procedures and assessments'20097,177,677'Nerve proximity and status detection system and method'20076,466,817'Nerve proximity and status detection system and method'2002

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

2002–2021Patents assigned to NUVASIVE INC (69)· patent assignee history
2002–2021Based in Arvada, CO, US· patent location history
2011–2019Patents assigned to KAULA NORBERT (30)· patent assignee history
2011–2019Patents assigned to FARQUHAR ALLEN (22)· patent assignee history
2012–2021Based in San Diego, CA, US· patent location history
2014–2020Patents assigned to GREATBATCH LTD (24)· patent assignee history
2016–2019Patents assigned to NUVECTRA CORP (39)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees
AssigneePatentsSpan
NUVASIVE INC692002–2021
NUVECTRA CORP392016–2019
KAULA NORBERTself302011–2019
GREATBATCH LTD242014–2020
FARQUHAR ALLEN222011–2019
Locations
LocationPatentsSpan
Arvada, CO, US1252002–2021
San Diego, California, US22012–2021