Reducing negative side effects from neural stimulation: Key Neurotech Patent #24

By SharpBrains | March 2, 2017
systems-and-methods

We are fea­tur­ing today a 2006 patent, assigned to Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, espe­cial­ly rel­e­vant for brain stim­u­la­tion meth­ods which may car­ry some neg­a­tive side effects. U.S. Patent No. 7,024,247: Sys­tems and meth­ods for reduc­ing the like­li­hood of induc­ing col­lat­er­al neur­al activ­i­ty dur­ing neur­al stim­u­la­tion thresh­old test pro­ce­dures. Assignee(s): Advanced Neu­ro­mod­u­la­tion Sys­tems, Inc. Inventor(s): Brad­ford Evan Glin­er, Kent Leyde…

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Brain stimulation using magnetic fields: Key Neurotech Patent #12

By SharpBrains | February 14, 2017
Magnetic-field-stimulation

Today we are dis­cussing a 2003 patent, assigned to McLean Hos­pi­tal, pio­neer­ing brain stim­u­la­tion tech­niques. U.S. Patent No. 6,572,528: Mag­net­ic field stim­u­la­tion tech­niques Assignee(s): McLean Hos­pi­tal Inventor(s): Michael L. Rohan, Aimee Par­row, Per­ry F. Ren­shaw Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Hybrid Issue Date: June 3, 2003 Sharp­Brains’ Take: The ‘528 patent dis­clos­es mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion tech­niques for enhanc­ing brain function…

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Monitoring and stimulating brain activity to achieve desired brain state: Key Neurotech Patent #10

By SharpBrains | February 10, 2017
brain state

Today we are shar­ing a 2002 patent describ­ing a sys­tem link­ing brain sig­nal detec­tion to brain stim­u­la­tion tech­niques. U.S. Patent No. 6,488,617: Method and device for pro­duc­ing a desired brain state Assignee(s): Uni­ver­sal Hedo­nics Inventor(s): Bruce F. Katz Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Hybrid Issue Date: Decem­ber 3, 2002 Sharp­Brains’ Take: The ‘617 patent describes a sys­tem link­ing brain sig­nal detection…

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Update: New tools, research and thinking to promote Brain Health in the Digital Age

By SharpBrains | September 23, 2016

———- The Times They Are a‑Changin. In a recent sur­vey, 91% of those polled said that “Doc­tors should mon­i­tor cog­ni­tive health sys­tem­at­i­cal­ly, espe­cial­ly when pre­scrib­ing new medica­ments.” This is impor­tant news, as any­one who has expe­ri­enced neg­a­tive side-effects, cog­ni­tive or oth­er­wise, knows. We need to upgrade our brain health sys­tem to reflect the real­i­ties, chal­lenges and…

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Scientists call for regulations for brain stimulation devices sold directly to consumers

By SharpBrains | August 31, 2016

———- Brain-Zap­ping Gad­gets Need Reg­u­la­tion, Say Sci­en­tists and (Some) Man­u­fac­tur­ers (IEEE Spec­trum): “Just a few years ago, the idea of elec­tri­cal­ly stim­u­lat­ing your brain in the com­fort of your own home would have sound­ed pret­ty weird, and prob­a­bly like a bad idea. But the prac­tice of brain-zapping—in par­tic­u­lar, an easy-to-pull-off tech­nique called tran­scra­nial direct cur­rent stimulation…

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