The future of personalized brain stimulation via enhanced cognitive-emotive profiles: Key neurotechnology patent #31

By SharpBrains | March 17, 2017
cognitive-emotive profiles

Today we high­light a fas­ci­nat­ing 2008 patent describ­ing how to com­bine a num­ber of neu­rotech­nolo­gies (EEG feed­back, TMS brain stim­u­la­tion, monitoring/ train­ing soft­ware) to help “upgrade” one’s cog­ni­­tive-emo­­tive pro­file. U.S. Patent No. 7,460,903: Method and sys­tem for a real time adap­tive sys­tem for effect­ing changes in cog­ni­­tive-emo­­tive pro­files Inventor(s): Jaime A. Pine­da, Bren­dan Z. Alli­son Technology…

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Tailoring computing experience based on user’s mental state and quality of attention: Key neurotechnology patent #30

By SharpBrains | March 14, 2017
Automated selection

Today we high­light a fas­ci­nat­ing 2008 patent assigned to Microsoft, dis­cussing assess­ment tech­niques such as pupil track­ing or head ori­en­ta­tion sen­sors to iden­ti­fy where and what the user is focused on–and what types of  infor­ma­tion and/ or noti­fi­ca­tions to dis­play accord­ing­ly. U.S. Patent No. 7,395,507: Auto­mat­ed selec­tion of appro­pri­ate infor­ma­tion based on a com­put­er user’s context.…

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Monitoring health, wellness and fitness via wearable devices: Key Neurotech Patent #29

By SharpBrains | March 13, 2017

Today we are shar­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing 2007 patent assigned to Body­media. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,261,690: Appa­ra­tus for mon­i­tor­ing health, well­ness and fit­ness. Assignee(s): Body­media, Inc. Inventor(s): Eric Teller, John M. Stivoric, Christo­pher D. Kasabach, Christo­pher D. Pacione, John L.…

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Treating sleep-related breathing conditions–such as sleep apnea–via EEG brainwave analysis: Key neurotechnology patent #28

By SharpBrains | March 9, 2017
sleep-disordered breathing

Today we dis­cuss a 2007 patent assigned to Regents of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan, the NIH and the US Dep­tart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices. U.S. Patent No. 7,190,995: Sys­tem and method for analy­sis of res­pi­ra­to­ry cycle-relat­ed EEG changes in sleep-dis­­or­dered breath­ing Assignee(s): Regents of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan; NIH and U.S. Dept. of Health…

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Measuring “brain temperature” in the future?: Key Neurotech Patent #27

By SharpBrains | March 8, 2017
biologic parameters

Today we are shar­ing a 2007 patent assigned to Geelux Hold­ings, Ltd. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,187,960: Appa­ra­tus and method for mea­sur­ing bio­log­ic para­me­ters Assignee(s): Geelux Hold­ings, LTD. Inventor(s): Mar­cio Marc Abreu Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­ro-mon­i­tor­ing Issue Date: March 6, 2007 Sharp­Brains’ Take: As…

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

By SharpBrains | March 6, 2017
medical communication device

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.…

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