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US 12,239,450 · App. 18/674,580 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Adaptive systems and methods for seizure detection and confidence indication

Inventors: Mitchell A. Frankel (Salt Lake City, UT); Avidor Kazen (Chicago, IL); Tyler James Newton (Baltimore, MD); Zoë Vera Tosi (Oakland, CA)
Assignee: Epitel, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,239,450
App. No.
18/674,580
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring and detection systems and methods can detect differentiated electrographic seizure characteristics of different seizure types across a diverse group of patients. Disclosed systems and methods can utilize EEG data collected by discrete wireless EEG sensors positioned on a scalp of a patient.

Claims (32)

1. A method for detecting seizure events using electroencephalogram (EEG) signals, the method comprising, by one or more processors:

obtaining one or more EEG data segments collected by a plurality of EEG sensors positioned on a scalp of a patient;

processing each of the one or more EEG data segments to obtain a plurality of probabilities of occurrence of one or more electrographic seizure characteristics;

interpreting, by each of a plurality of event identifiers, the plurality of probabilities to obtain a plurality of event interpretations, each event interpretation reflecting a confidence value that represents a confidence of the interpretation being a true positive event;

selecting an event interpretation from the plurality of event interpretations based on the confidence values; and

outputting a label indicating 1) a seizure event based on the selected event interpretation and 2) a confidence indicator determined based on the confidence value of the selected event interpretation, the confidence indicator reflecting a confidence in the seizure event being a true positive event.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the label indicates a start time and duration of a discrete seizure event.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the label indicates a prevalence of an electrographic seizure characteristic over a duration of time.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the label comprises displaying the seizure event along with the confidence indicator together with the one or more EEG data segments.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the one or more EEG data segments are displayed as a longitudinal transverse montage that comprises four channels of EEG data collected by four discrete wireless EEG sensors positioned at a left forehead, at a right forehead, behind a left ear, and behind a right ear of the patient and a plurality of channels derived from at least two channels of the four channels of EEG data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the confidence indicator comprises one of a plurality of confidence value ranges associated with high, moderate, and/or low confidence.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the event interpretation from the plurality of event interpretations comprises selecting an event interpretation reflecting the highest confidence value.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

merging the seizure event with another seizure event into a merged seizure event, wherein outputting the label comprises outputting a merged label indicating 1) the merged seizure event and 2) a merged confidence indicator that reflects a confidence in the merged seizure event being a true positive event.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein each event identifier combines temporal sequences of the plurality of probabilities to output a presence or absence of the seizure event.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing comprises processing by one or more classifiers each of the one or more EEG data segments to obtain the plurality of probabilities.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method for detecting seizure events using electroencephalogram (EEG) signals, the method comprising:

obtaining one or more EEG data segments collected by a plurality of EEG sensors positioned on a scalp of a patient;

processing each of the one or more EEG data segments to obtain a plurality of probabilities of occurrence of one or more electrographic seizure characteristics;

interpreting, by each of a plurality of event identifiers, the plurality of probabilities to obtain a plurality of event interpretations, each event interpretation reflecting a confidence value that represents a confidence of the interpretation being a true positive event;

selecting an event interpretation from the plurality of event interpretations based on the confidence values; and

outputting a label indicating 1) a seizure event based on the selected event interpretation and 2) a confidence indicator determined based on the confidence value of the selected event interpretation, the confidence indicator reflecting a confidence in the seizure event being a true positive event.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the label indicates a start time and duration of a discrete seizure event.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the label indicates a prevalence of an electrographic seizure characteristic over a duration of time.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein outputting the label comprises displaying the seizure event along with the confidence indicator together with the one or more EEG data segments.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the one or more EEG data segments are displayed as a longitudinal transverse montage that comprises four channels of EEG data collected by four discrete wireless EEG sensors positioned at a left forehead, at a right forehead, behind a left ear, and behind a right ear of the patient and a plurality of channels derived from at least two channels of the four channels of EEG data.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the confidence indicator comprises one of a plurality of confidence value ranges associated with high, moderate, and/or low confidence.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein selecting the event interpretation from the plurality of event interpretations comprises selecting an event interpretation reflecting the highest confidence.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:

merging the seizure event with another seizure event into a merged seizure event, wherein outputting the label comprises outputting a merged label indicating 1) the merged seizure event and 2) a merged confidence indicator that reflects a confidence in the merged seizure event being a true positive event.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein each event identifier is configured to combine temporal sequences of the plurality of probabilities to output a presence or absence of the seizure event.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the processing comprises processing by one or more classifiers each of the one or more EEG data segments to obtain the plurality of probabilities.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2024
From: FRANKEL, MITCHELL A.; KAZEN, AVIDOR; NEWTON, TYLER JAMES; TOSI, ZOË VERA
To: EPITEL, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63511536 · Jun 30, 2023
Provisional Application 63505678 · Jun 1, 2023
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