IP Library Granted Patent US 11,911,163
Granted Patent B2
US 11,911,163 · App. 17/320,807 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Wireless earpiece with transcranial stimulation

Inventor: Peter Vincent Boesen (Munich, DE)
Assignee: BRAGI GMBH
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Patent No.
US 11,911,163
App. No.
17/320,807
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless earpiece includes a wireless earpiece housing, a processor, and a transceiver configured to produce electromagnetic pulses capable of reaching a brain of a user. A method of stimulating the brain of the user using the wireless earpiece includes receiving a request at the wireless earpiece and generating an electromagnetic pulse in response to the request.

Claims (23)

1. A wireless earpiece for stimulating a user's brain comprising:

a wireless earpiece housing;

a processor disposed within the earpiece housing, the processor configured to determine characteristics of electromagnetic pulses to stimulate the user's brain;

a transceiver operatively connected to the processor; and

wherein the transceiver is both (1) configured to produce electromagnetic pulses capable of reaching the user's brain according to the characteristics determined by the processor to stimulate the user's brain and (2) configured to wirelessly communicate with another wireless earpiece.

2. The wireless earpiece of claim 1 , further comprising a memory operatively connected to the earpiece housing and processor.

3. The wireless earpiece of claim 2 , wherein a neurological program is stored on the memory.

4. The wireless earpiece of claim 3 , wherein the neurological program comprises a set of instructions for diagnosing a user's memory.

5. The wireless earpiece of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver comprises a magnetic coil configured to produce the electromagnetic pulses capable of reaching the user's brain.

6. The wireless earpiece of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of electroencephalography (EEG) sensors configured to sense electrical signals from the user's brain in response to the electromagnetic pulses operatively connected to the processor for sensing.

7. The wireless earpiece of claim 6 , further comprising a differential amplifier operatively connected to the processor and each of the plurality of EEG sensors.

8. The wireless earpiece of claim 1 , wherein the wireless earpiece is within a headset.

9. A method of stimulating a user's brain using a wireless earpiece comprising:

receiving a request for stimulating the user's brain at the wireless earpiece from the user or a third party associated with the user;

generating an electromagnetic pulse capable of reaching the user's brain and having characteristics to stimulate the user's brain, the generating performed by the wireless earpiece in response to receiving the request;

wherein the electromagnetic pulse is generated by a transceiver disposed within the wireless earpiece;

wherein the transceiver is further configured to wirelessly communicate with another wireless earpiece; and

receiving an electrical signal from the user's brain at one or more electroencephalography (EEG) sensors disposed within the wireless earpiece in response to the electromagnetic pulse and communicating the electrical signal from the user's brain to a processor disposed within the wireless earpiece.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising the wireless earpiece prompting a party for additional information if the request is a request to use a neurological program stored in a memory disposed of within the wireless earpiece.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

analyzing the electrical signal from the user's brain to generate results related to the electrical signal from the user's brain by the processor disposed within the wireless earpiece; and

providing results related to the electrical signal from the user's brain to the user or the third party associated with the user by sending the results from a radio transceiver disposed within the wireless earpiece to an externally linked device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the results comprise neurological analysis of the electrical signal from the user's brain.

Assignments (1)
EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENT Recorded Sep 14, 2021
From: BOESEN, PETER VINCENT
To: BRAGI GMBH
Reel/Frame 057500/0696 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15997794 · Jun 5, 2018
Provisional Application 62516868 · Jun 8, 2017
Related Publication 20210267522A1 · Sep 2, 2021