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Fully concentrated on task at hand? Then your computer won’t distract you

April 14, 2017 by SharpBrains

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Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 8,055,722

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Today we high­light a fas­ci­nat­ing patent by IBM that lever­ages brain mon­i­tor­ing (includ­ing EEG feed­back) to sup­press dis­tract­ing notifications–hopefully such a sys­tem will become avail­able soon!  [Read more…] about Ful­ly con­cen­trat­ed on task at hand? Then your com­put­er won’t dis­tract you

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain data, Brain Monitoring, brain monitoring system, brain signals, EEG, end user concentration, IBM, neuro-technology, Neurofeedback, patent

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

April 11, 2017 by SharpBrains

– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,981,058

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. 7,981,058: Intel­li­gent wear­able mon­i­tor sys­tems and methods

  • Assignee(s): The Trustrees of Dart­mouth Col­lege; The NIH, U.S. Dept. Of Health And Human Ser­vices Government
  • Inventor(s): Metkin Akay
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neuro-monitoring
  • Issue Date: July 19, 2011

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘058 patent relates to wear­able sys­tems that allow for enhanced assess­ment of a patien­t’s phys­i­cal move­ment and there­by fine-tun­ing treat­ment of Parkin­son’s dis­ease, stroke and oth­er dis­eases affect­ing motor func­tion. [Read more…] about The state of intel­li­gent wear­able mon­i­tor sys­tems and meth­ods: Key neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent #40

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain data, neuro-monitoring, neuro-technology, neuromotor, Parkinsons-disease, patent, stroke, wearable monitor systems, wearable systems

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

April 4, 2017 by SharpBrains

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– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,773,097

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): Michael M. Merzenich, Peter B. Delahunt, Joseph L. Hardy, Hen­ry W. Mah­ncke, Don­ald Richard
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­rocog­ni­tive training
  • Issue Date: August 10, 2010

SharpBrains’ Take:

In a sim­i­lar yet unique approach to the ‘961 patent (anoth­er note­wor­thy non-inva­sive neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent assigned to Posit Sci­ence), the ‘097 patent dis­clos­es meth­ods for iter­a­tive­ly test­ing and train­ing a user’s abil­i­ty to dis­cern between pre­sent­ed stim­uli. [Read more…] about Enhanc­ing cog­ni­tion via brain train­ing with a visu­al empha­sis: Key neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent #38

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain data, brain training system, Brain-Training, BrainHQ, Cognitive-Training, enhance cognition, neuro-technology, neurocognitive, neurocognitive training, patent, Posit-Science, Posit-Science-Corporation, training, Visual exercise, visual stimuli

Next: Increasing neuroplasticity via neuroimaging-enhanced brain stimulation

March 31, 2017 by SharpBrains

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– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,756,584

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 D. Fir­lik, Kat­ri­na S. Firlik
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Tran­scra­nial Stimulation
  • Issue Date: July 13, 2010

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘584 patent dis­clos­es tech­niques for iden­ti­fy­ing stim­u­la­tion sites of the brain to facil­i­tate plas­tic­i­ty that can aid in reha­bil­i­ta­tion of dys­func­tion result­ing from a stroke, trau­mat­ic injury, etc. [Read more…] about Next: Increas­ing neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty via neu­roimag­ing-enhanced brain stimulation

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, brain data, brain-stimulation, fMRI, neural-function, neuro-technology, neuroimaging, neuroplasticity, patent, transcranial stimulation

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

March 29, 2017 by SharpBrains

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– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,711,431

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 of ener­gy to be applied to the patient, and how the mag­ni­tude of that ener­gy can vary as a func­tion of spa­tial ori­en­ta­tion to the sub­ject and time over which treat­ment is applied. [Read more…] about The lead­ing-edge in brain stim­u­la­tion and neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion: Key Neu­rotech Patent #36

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain data, brain stimulation device, brain stimulation devices, brain-stimulation, Brainlab AG, neuro-technology, neuromodulation, patent, transcranial stimulation

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

March 24, 2017 by SharpBrains

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– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,520,848

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 tar­get­ing and pro­duc­ing deep, focused tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic stimulation

  • Assignee(s): Board of Trustees of the Leland Stan­ford Junior University
  • Inventor(s): M. Bret Schnei­der, David J. Mishelevich
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Tran­scra­nial Stimulation
  • Issue Date: April 21, 2009

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘848 patent dis­clos­es tech­niques for stim­u­lat­ing deep­er struc­tures of the brain with­out over­whelm­ing super­fi­cial struc­tures that are not the focus of treat­ment. [Read more…] about Enabling deep, focused tran­scra­nial mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion (TMS): Key neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent #34

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain data, brain-stimulation, EEG, magnetic stimulation, neuro-technology, Neurotechnology, patent, Stanford, Stanford-University, transcranial stimulation, Transcranial-Magnetic-Stimulation

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