IP Library Granted Patent US 11,969,249
Granted Patent B2
US 11,969,249 · App. 17/243,549 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Self-contained EEG recording system

Inventors: Francis E. Dudek (Salt Lake City, UT); Michael K. Elwood (Farmington, UT); John H. Fisher (Cottonwood Heights, UT); Mark J. Lehmkuhle (Salt Lake City, UT); Jean M. Wheeler (Salt Lake City, UT)
Assignee: Epitel, Inc.
A61B5/291A61B5/0006A61B5/316A61B5/6814A61B5/742A61B17/3468A61B5/369A61B5/4094A61B5/6833A61B5/746A61B2560/0209A61B2560/0412A61B2560/0431A61B2562/164
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Patent No.
US 11,969,249
App. No.
17/243,549
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed systems, methods, and products include a self-contained electroencephalogram (EEG) recording patch including a first electrode, a second electrode and where the first and second electrodes cooperate to measure a skin-electrode signal, a substrate containing circuitry for generating an EEG signal there-from, amplifying the EEG signal, digitizing the EEG signal, and retrievably storing the EGG signal in a programmatic fashion. The patch also comprises a power source and an enclosure that houses the substrate, the power source, and the first and second electrodes in a unitary package.

Claims (28)

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

generating an individualized seizure signature for a patient based on electroencephalogram (EEG) data from a plurality of EEG channels;

determining, based on the individualized seizure signature, an EEG channel from the plurality of EEG channels with a highest probability of detecting future seizures via a self-contained EEG sensor comprising a pair of measuring electrodes;

providing instructions for placing the self-contained EEG sensor at a location associated with the EEG channel; and

recording, with the pair of measuring electrodes of the self-contained EEG sensor, EEG channel data at the location associated with the EEG channel via a hydrogel sticker that contacts skin of the patient.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the EEG channel data to an external device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the external device comprises a smart phone.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 further comprising at least one of: performing, via the external device, one or more of indicating that a portion of the EEG channel data is associated with a seizure and providing an alert of the seizure based on the EEG channel data.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the individualized seizure signature comprises calculating a probability of detecting future seizures via the self-contained EEG sensor for each EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels based on a rate at which spike-wave discharges are recorded on each EEG channel.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the external device is configured to detect a seizure based on the EEG channel data.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the self-contained EEG sensor is configured to record the EEG channel data for up to seven days.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the self-contained EEG sensor is placed on a scalp of the patient below a hairline of the patient.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the self-contained EEG sensor further comprises a water-resistant unitary packaging.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of EEG channels comprises a plurality of wired EEG channels.

11. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

generate an individualized seizure signature for a patient based on electroencephalogram (EEG) data from a plurality of EEG channels;

determine, based on the individualized seizure signature, an EEG channel from the plurality of EEG channels with a highest probability of detecting future seizures via a self-contained EEG sensor comprising a pair of measuring electrodes;

provide instructions for placing a self-contained EEG sensor at a location on a scalp of a patient associated with the EEG channel; and

instruct the self-contained EEG sensor to record, with a pair of measuring electrodes of the self-contained EEG sensor, EEG data at the location associated with the EEG channel via a hydrogel sticker that contacts skin of the patient.

12. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the self-contained EEG sensor is configured to record EEG data for up to seven days.

13. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the location is below a hairline of the patient.

14. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the self-contained EEG sensor further comprises a water-resistant unitary packaging.

15. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause transmission of the EEG data to an external device.

16. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the external device is configured to detect a seizure based on the EEG data.

17. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to at least one of: provide an indication, via the external device, that a portion of the EEG data is associated with a seizure or provide an alert of the seizure based on the EEG data.

18. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the alert is provided in real-time.

19. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to generate the individualized seizure signature by calculating a probability of detecting future seizures via the self-contained EEG sensor for each EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels based on a rate at which spike-wave discharges are recorded on each EEG channel.

20. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the location is between two channels of the plurality of EEG channels.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: EPITEL, INC.
To: EPITEL, INC.
Reel/Frame 065925/0553 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2023
From: DUDEK, FRANCIS E.; ELWOOD, MICHAEL K.; FISHER, JOHN H.; LEHMKUHLE, MARK J.; WHEELER, JEAN M.
To: EPITEL, INC.
Reel/Frame 062951/0137 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15421085 · Jan 31, 2017
Provisional Application 62289837 · Feb 1, 2016
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