IP Library Granted Patent US 10,617,348
Granted Patent B2
US 10,617,348 · App. 15/988,292 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

Fundamental code unit of the brain: photoreceptor protein-mediated photonic signaling within neural tissue and its uses in brain co-processor

Inventor: Newton Howard (Providence, RI)
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Patent No.
US 10,617,348
App. No.
15/988,292
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present systems and methods may relate to a non-invasive system with diagnostic and treatment capacities that use a unified code that is intrinsic to physiological brain function. For example, in an embodiment, a computer-implemented method for affecting living neural tissue may comprise receiving at least one signal from at least one read modality, the signal representing release of photons from mitochondria of the living neural tissue, computing at least one signal to effect alterations to the living neural tissue based on the received input signal, the computed signal adapted to cause transmission of photons to the living neural tissue, and delivering the photons to the living neural tissue to effect alterations to the living tissue.

Claims (27)

1. A computer-implemented method for affecting living neural tissue comprising:

receiving at least one signal from at least one read modality, the signal representing release of photons from the living neural tissue;

computing at least one signal to effect alterations to the living neural tissue based on the received input signal, the computed signal adapted to cause transmission of photons to the living neural tissue; and

delivering the photons to the living neural tissue to effect alterations to the living tissue.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the released photons and the delivered photons comprise at least one of near ultraviolet photons, blue photons, or green photons.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the near ultraviolet photons are a free radical reaction byproduct from mitochondria of the living neural tissue, the blue photons are emitted by NAD(P)H upon absorption of near-UV photons, and the green photons are generated by NAD(P)H oxidases, upon absorption of a (NAD(P)H-generated) blue photon.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the near ultraviolet photons have a wavelength of about 380 nm, the blue photons have a wavelength of about 470 nm, and the green photons have a wavelength of about 530 nm.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the delivered photons cause formation of at least one memory pattern in the neural tissue.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the computed signal is computed so as to cause the delivered photons to cause formation of at least one memory pattern in the neural tissue.

7. A system for affecting living neural tissue comprising:

at least one photonic read modality adapted to receive photons from living neural tissue and generating a signal representing the released photons;

at least one photonic write modality adapted to deliver photons to the living neural tissue to effect alterations to the living tissue based on at least one computed signal; and

computing circuitry comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and computer program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to compute the at least one signal.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the released photons and the delivered photons comprise at least one of near ultraviolet photons, blue photons, or green photons.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the near ultraviolet photons are a free radical reaction byproduct from mitochondria of the living neural tissue, the blue photons are emitted by NAD(P)H upon absorption of near-UV photons, and the green photons are generated by NAD(P)H oxidases, upon absorption of a (NAD(P)H-generated) blue photon.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the near ultraviolet photons have a wavelength of about 380 nm, the blue photons have a wavelength of about 470 nm, and the green photons have a wavelength of about 530 nm.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the delivered photons cause formation of at least one memory pattern in the neural tissue.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the computed signal is computed so as to cause the delivered photons to cause formation of at least one memory pattern in the neural tissue.

13. A computer program product for affecting living neural tissue, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer, to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

receiving at least one signal from at least one read modality, the signal representing release of photons from the living neural tissue;

computing at least one signal to effect alterations to the living neural tissue based on the received input signal, the computed signal adapted to cause transmission of photons to the living neural tissue; and

delivering the photons to the living neural tissue to effect alterations to the living tissue.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the released photons and the delivered photons comprise at least one of near ultraviolet photons, blue photons, or green photons.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the near ultraviolet photons are a free radical reaction byproduct from mitochondria of the living neural tissue, the blue photons are emitted by NAD(P)H upon absorption of near-UV photons, and the green photons are generated by NAD(P)H oxidases, upon absorption of a (NAD(P)H-generated) blue photon.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the near ultraviolet photons have a wavelength of about 380 nm, the blue photons have a wavelength of about 470 nm, and the green photons have a wavelength of about 530 nm.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the delivered photons cause formation of at least one memory pattern in the neural tissue.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the computed signal is computed so as to cause the delivered photons to cause formation of at least one memory pattern in the neural tissue.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2025
From: HOWARD, NEWTON
To: GENESIS INTELLIGENCE, LLC
Reel/Frame 072702/0249 →
Continuity (9)
Continuation In Part 15219255 · Jul 25, 2016
Continuation 13747448 · Jan 22, 2013
Continuation In Part 13083352 · Apr 8, 2011
Continuation In Part 12880042 · Sep 10, 2010
Provisional Application 62510519 · May 24, 2017
Provisional Application 61588666 · Jan 20, 2012
Provisional Application 61322158 · Apr 8, 2010
Provisional Application 61241314 · Sep 10, 2009
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