DR. RICHARD STEVEN ABRAMS, M.D.
Medical Practice at Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL

4873981, Oct 17, 1989

Oct 14, 1988

7/258209

Richard Abrams - Chicago IL
Conrad M. Swartz - Lake Forest IL

Somatics, Inc. - Lake Bluff IL

A61N 136

128419S

A method and system in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to automatically monitor and display the occurrence and the duration of the seizure activity generated during the administration of the electrically induced therapeutic seizures. The ECT device includes a special-purpose electroencephalograph (EEG) system to detect a specific EEG parameter (e. g. integrated voltage) of the electrically induced EEG seizure. The detected integrated voltage is converted to digital data and compared to a threshold reference value previously obtained from the same patient. The operator is informed by an electronic alphanumeric elapsed time display or indications on a moving strip chart paper record, or oscilloscope CRT screen, when the parameter has crossed the predetermined threshold reference value and how long since the termination of the ECT the parameter has taken to reach the reference value.

4878498, Nov 7, 1989

Feb 23, 1989

7/313906

Richard Abrams - Chicago IL
Conrad M. Swartz - Lake Forest IL

Somatics, Inc. - Lake Bluff IL

A61N 136

128419S

A method and systen in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to automatically monitor and display the occurrence and the duration of the seizure activity generated during the administration of electrically induced therapeutic seizures. The ECT device includes a special-purpose electroencephaloraph (EEG) system to detect a specific EEG parameter (e. g. integrated voltage) of the electrically induced EEG seizure. The detected integrated voltage is converted to digital data and compared to a threshold reference value previously obtained from the same patient. The operator is informed by an electronic alphanumeric elapsed time display or indications on a moving strip chart paper record, or oscilloscope CRT screen, when the parameter has crossed the predetermined threshold reference value and how long since the termination of the ECT the parameter has taken to reach the reference value.

5871517, Feb 16, 1999

Jan 15, 1997

8/784128

Richard Stephen Abrams - Chicago IL
Conrad Melton Swartz - Johnson City TN

Somatics, Inc. - Lake Bluff IL

A61N 132, A61N 136

607 45

In medical convulsive therapy (CV), comprising electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and magnetoconvulsive therapy (MCT), a computer system is used to analyze the effectiveness of the treatment. In one embodiment the effectiveness is determined by measuring the physiological effects on the heart (ECG) muscles (EMG) and brain (EEG).

6117066, Sep 12, 2000

Sep 23, 1998

9/159045

Richard Stephen Abrams - Chicago IL
Conrad Melton Swartz - Richmond Heights MO

Somatics, Inc. - Lake Bluff IL

A61N 100

600 14

In non-convulsive magnetic stimulation therapy a patient is treated with magnetic pulses from a coil placed proximate the patient's head as a treatment of certain neurologic and psychiatric disorders. A set of EEG (electroencephalograph) electrodes on the patient's scalp are switched on during pauses in the electrical pulse train to the coil. If epilepsy-like brain wave spikes and/or sharp waves are detected by the EEG, a warning is given, treatment is halted and an anti-convulsive medicine may be administered.

6200331, Mar 13, 2001

Aug 23, 1999

9/378817

Conrad Melton Swartz - Richmond Heights MO
Richard Stephen Abrams - Chicago IL

Somatics, Inc. - Lake Bluff IL

A61N 100

607 1

A free-standing device for the testing of ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) instruments, and for training doctors in using such instruments, includes circuits to generate electrical wave forms which simulate the EEG (electroencephalograph) detectable brain waves, EMG (electromyograph) muscle activity and heart beats of a patient undergoing ECT. In one embodiment the ECT output leads of the ECT instrument are plugged into the device, the training doctor selects the ECT current and the device generates response EEG and EMG waveforms. It also measures the current and displays its measurement as a test of the accuracy of the stimulus selection controls of the ECT instrument.

6039046, Mar 21, 2000

Jan 12, 1999

9/290102

Conrad Melton Swartz - Richmond Heights MO
Richard Stephen Abrams - Chicago IL

Somatics, Inc. - Lake Bluff IL

A61C 514

128859

An oral protector, especially for use by patients during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) consists of a flat unitary member which is preferably stamped from a flat sheet of material. The protector is elastic and formed of a closed-cell material, such as polyurethane plastic resin or artificial rubber. It has an elongated, generally elliptical shaped central opening which acts as an air passage.

5769778, Jun 23, 1998

Jul 7, 1997

8/888494

Richard S. Abrams - Chicago IL
Conrad M. Swartz - Johnson City TN

Somatics, Inc. - Lake Bluff IL

A61N 100

600 14

A medical device includes a magnetic stimulator having a magnetic induction coil which is placed next to the scalp of a patient. A pulse train of high energy electrical waves is flowed through the induction coil to produce a sufficiently strong magnetic field to generate currents in the patient's brain for the therapy of psychiatric illnesses. These currents induced in the brain are below the minimum needed to induce a convulsive brain seizure. The device includes an ECG (electrocardiograph) to monitor the electrical activity of the patient's heart and an EEG (electroencephalograph) to monitor the patient's electrical brain waves.