The state of intelligent wearable monitor systems and methods: Key neurotechnology patent #40

Today we high­light a 2011 patent by Dart­mouth Col­lege, The Nation­al Insti­tutes of Health (NIH), and the U.S. Depart­ment Of Health And Human Ser­vices, aimed at fine-tun­ing treat­ment of Parkin­son’s dis­ease, stroke and oth­er dis­eases affect­ing motor func­tion. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No.…

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Enhancing cognition via brain training with a visual emphasis: Key neurotechnology patent #38

cognitive training

Today we high­light a 2010 patent assigned to Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion, the devel­op­er of Brain­HQ brain train­ing sys­tem. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date, to get a bet­ter glimpse into emerg­ing trends) U.S. Patent No. 7,773,097: Visu­al empha­sis for cog­ni­tive train­ing exer­cis­es Assignee(s): Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion Inventor(s):…

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Next: Increasing neuroplasticity via neuroimaging-enhanced brain stimulation

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Today we high­light a very thought-pro­­vok­ing (pun intend­ed) patent by Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,756,584: Meth­ods and appa­ra­tus for effec­tu­at­ing a last­ing change in a neur­al-func­­tion of a patient Assignee(s): Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Inc. Inventor(s): W. Dou­glas Sheffield, Andrew…

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The leading-edge in brain stimulation and neuromodulation: Key Neurotech Patent #36

brain stimulation device

Today we dis­cuss a key brain stim­u­la­tion patent by Brain­lab AG. U.S. Patent No. 7,711,431: Method and device for stim­u­lat­ing the brain Assignee(s): Brain­lab AG Inventor(s): Philip Tan­ner, Thomas Bauch Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Tran­scra­nial Stim­u­la­tion Issue Date: May 4, 2010 Sharp­Brains’ Take: One of the fun­da­men­tal para­me­ters that must be deter­mined dur­ing brain stim­u­la­tion treat­ment is the quan­ti­ty or amount…

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Enabling deep, focused transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS): Key neurotechnology patent #34

magnetic stimulation

Today we are shar­ing a key 2009 patent, assigned to Stan­ford Uni­ver­si­ty, that enables the stim­u­la­tion of deep­er struc­tures of the brain with­out over­whelm­ing super­fi­cial struc­tures that are not the focus of treat­ment. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,520,848: Robot­ic appa­ra­tus for…

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