Connecting cardiological and neurological health: Key neurotech patent by Medtronic

By SharpBrains | May 11, 2017
cardiac signals

Today we are shar­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing Medtron­ic patent com­bin­ing car­diac mon­i­tor­ing with brain stim­u­la­tion. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 8,209,009: Sys­tem and method for seg­ment­ing a car­diac sig­nal based on brain stim­u­la­tion Assignee(s): Medtron­ic, Inc. Inventor(s): Jonathon E. Gif­takis, Nina M. Graves, Mark Turn­er Rise Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neuro-monitoring…

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Monitoring neurological signals to detect potential disorders: Key neurotech patent #44

By SharpBrains | May 4, 2017
neurological signals

Today we fea­ture an impor­tant Medtron­ic patent. (As men­tioned, we are dis­cussing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 8,187,181: Scor­ing of sensed neu­ro­log­i­cal sig­nals for use with a med­ical device sys­tem Assignee(s): Medtron­ic, Inc. Inventor(s): Ivan Oso­rio, Mark G. Frei, Nina M. Graves, Jonathon E. Gif­takis Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­ro-mon­i­tor­ing Issue Date:…

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Augmenting physiotherapy via neurofeedback and neurostimulation: Key neurotechnology patent #43

By SharpBrains | April 25, 2017
therapy control

Today we are shar­ing a fas­ci­nat­ing patent from Medtron­ic.  (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing 50 foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 8,121,694: Ther­a­py con­trol based on a patient move­ment state Assignee(s): Medtron­ic, Inc. Inventor(s): Gre­go­ry F. Mol­nar, Steven S. Gill, Kei­th A, Miesel, Mark S. Lent, Tim­o­thy J. Deni­son, Eric J.…

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Next: Will brain sensors be able to infer the mental state of a person–and, for example, identify sarcasm in a message?

By SharpBrains | April 18, 2017

Today we high­light a thought-pro­­vok­ing patent by Intel­lec­tu­al Ven­tures. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents–from old­er to new­er by issue date–to gain a glimpse into future appli­ca­tions) U.S. Patent No. 8,082,215: Acqui­si­tion and par­tic­u­lar asso­ci­a­tion of infer­ence data indica­tive of inferred men­tal states of author­ing users Assignee(s): The Inven­tion Sci­ence Fund I, LLC (Intel­lec­tu­al Ventures)…

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

By SharpBrains | April 11, 2017

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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Flash back: Key patent for the personalized display of health information

By SharpBrains | March 28, 2017
personalized health

Today we high­light a pre­scient dig­i­tal health patent by Health Hero Net­work, now part of the Bosch Group (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 7,555,436: Per­son­al­ized dis­play of health infor­ma­tion Assignee(s): Health Hero Net­work, Inc. Inventor(s): Stephen J. Brown Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­ro-mon­i­tor­ing Issue Date: June…

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