The future of EEG-based personal devices monitoring brain function: Key neurotechnology patent #26

– Illustrative image from U.S. Patent No. 7,138,902 Today we highlight a very interesting 2006 patent assigned to Phillips and Accenture — who have been collaborating  to develop software for EEG-based operation of home appliances to aid patients suffering from neurogenerative diseases such as ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). U.S. Patent No. 7,138,902: Personal medical communication device and system Assignee(s): Phillips, Accenture Inventor(s): Raymond J. Menard Technology Category: EEG Issue Date: November 21, 2006 SharpBrains’ Take: The ‘902 patent relates to techniques and systems for personal medical devices, evidencing the trend (as described in Background of the Specification) of the expansion of medical service delivery from strictly within medical centers into the homes and/or mobile lifestyles of patients. Some embodiments of the disclosed system relate to a first personal device that monitors brain function with EEG detectors and communicates wirelessly with a second, short-range device. The system may be used for remote medical monitoring, although the scope of the claims (such as the illustrative claim provided below) does not explicitly limit the system’s applications as such. Indeed, the ‘902 patent was initially assigned to Philips’ Netherlands subsidiary, which recently announced a partnership with Accenture (another top assignee in this report) to develop software for EEG-based operation of home appliances to aid patients suffer...
Source: SharpBrains - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology Accenture ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis brain data Brain Monitoring brain-function EEG EEG detectors neuro-technology neurogenerative diseases patent Phillips Source Type: blogs