IP Library Granted Patent US 8,060,194
Granted Patent B2
US 8,060,194 · App. 11/320,709 · Granted Nov 15, 2011

Biological interface system with automated configuration

Assignee: BrainGate Co., LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,060,194
App. No.
11/320,709
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for a biological interface system that processes multicellular signals of a patient and controls one or more devices is disclosed. The system includes a sensor that detects the multicellular signals and a processing unit for producing the control signal based on the multicellular signals. The system further includes an automated configuration routine that is used to set or modify the value of one or more system configuration parameters.

Claims (16)

1. A biological interface system comprising:

a sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes for detecting multicellular signals emanating from two or more living cells of a patient;

a processing unit configured to receive the multicellular signals from the sensor, process the multicellular signals to produce a processed signal, and transmit the processed signal to a controlled device;

the controlled device for receiving the processed signal; and

an integrated system troubleshooting routine performed to improve system performance comprising modifying one or more system configuration parameters used by the processing unit to produce the processed signal, wherein the integrated system troubleshooting routine provides a first visual representation of a human figure to the patient,

wherein the system troubleshooting routine automatically adapts from a first patient training routine event to a second patient training routine event based on a comparative difference between the first patient training routine event and the second patient training routine event

wherein the system troubleshooting routine provides a second visual representation of a human figure and

wherein the first visual representation is provided simultaneously with the second visual representation to improve the quality of the system configuration parameters generated.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a remote access routine.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising an internet connection such that a remote technician can send and/or receive data from said system.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system troubleshooting routine is embedded in a component of the system at a location remote from the patient.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first visual representation and the second visual representation include multiple human body movements.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the multiple human body movements are provided for the patient to imagine said movement.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the system stores a set of multicellular signals while the patient imagines said movements.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first visual representation and the second visual representation include a photographic series of images of a human being.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first visual representation and the second visual representation are an animated series of images of a human being.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2023
From: BRAINGATE, CO., LLC
To: BRAINGATE, INC.
Reel/Frame 065768/0351 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2009
From: CYBERKINETICS, INC.
To: BRAINGATE CO., LLC
Reel/Frame 022704/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2006
From: FLAHERTY, J. CHRISTOPHER
To: CYBERKINETICS NEUROTECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 017687/0692 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60644686 · Jan 18, 2005
Related Publication 20060189900A1 · Aug 24, 2006