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

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medical communication device
– 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. [Read more…] about The future of EEG-based per­son­al devices mon­i­tor­ing brain func­tion: Key neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent #26

Philips ranked #18 Holder of Pervasive Neurotech Intellectual Property*

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philips logoDutch multi­na­tion­al com­pa­ny Philips is known for its health­care, light­ing, and con­sumer lifestyle prod­ucts. Includ­ed in these prod­ucts are a num­ber of health mon­i­tor­ing and com­mu­ni­ca­tion appli­ca­tions that relate to non­in­va­sive neu­rotech­nol­o­gy. A recent part­ner­ship with Emo­tiv explores the brain-con­trolled elec­tron­ics [Read more…] about Philips ranked #18 Hold­er of Per­va­sive Neu­rotech Intel­lec­tu­al Property*