IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,310,749
Granted Patent B2
US 12,310,749 · App. 18/411,540 · Granted May 27, 2025

Eyewear (eyeglasses) with electrodes (EEG sensors) for prediction and/or detection of health events or use as a brain-to-computer interface (BCI)

Inventor: Robert A. Connor (St. Paul, MN)
Assignee: Medibotios MC
A61B5/6803A61B5/291A61B5/296A61B2560/0468
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,310,749
App. No.
18/411,540
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention is eyewear (e.g. eyeglasses) with electrodes (e.g. EEG sensors) which collect brain activity data (e.g. electroencephalographic data) which can be used to predict and/or detect health events (e.g. epileptic seizure, stroke, or heart attack) or function as a BCI (Brain-to-Computer Interface) for communication. There can be anterior and posterior electrodes on the eyewear temple and the temple can have an upward and/or inward curving wave or arm. A posterior electrode can have multiple electroconductive protrusions to help penetrate between strands of hair.

Claims (5)

1. Eyewear with electrodes comprising:

an eyewear front piece;

two eyewear temples, wherein each eyewear temple is divided into an anterior portion which is anterior to where the eyewear temple is configured to rest on a person's auricle and a posterior portion which is posterior to where each eyewear temple is configured to rest on the person's auricle, and wherein the anterior portion further comprises a wave and/or loop which spans upward, forward, and inward to a location over the person's forehead and then spans downward, backward, and outward;

at least one anterior electrode on the wave and/or loop of each eyewear temple;

at least one posterior electrode on the posterior portion of each eyewear temple; and wherein the at least one anterior electrode and at least one posterior electrode are configured to detect electroencephalograph signals.

Continuity (44)
Continuation In Part 18219684 · Jul 9, 2023
Continuation In Part 17714988 · Apr 6, 2022
Continuation In Part 17665086 · Feb 4, 2022
Continuation In Part 17136117 · Dec 29, 2020
Continuation In Part 17136117 · Dec 29, 2020
Continuation In Part 16838541 · Apr 2, 2020
Continuation In Part 16838541 · Apr 2, 2020
Continuation In Part 16737052 · Jan 8, 2020
Continuation In Part 16568580 · Sep 12, 2019
Continuation In Part 16568580 · Sep 12, 2019
Continuation In Part 16554029 · Aug 28, 2019
Continuation In Part 16554029 · Aug 28, 2019
Continuation In Part 16554029 · Aug 28, 2019
Continuation In Part 16554029 · Aug 28, 2019
Continuation In Part 16022987 · Jun 29, 2018
Continuation In Part 15963061 · Apr 25, 2018
Continuation In Part 15963061 · Apr 25, 2018
Continuation In Part 15464349 · Mar 21, 2017
Continuation In Part 15236401 · Aug 13, 2016
Continuation In Part 15136948 · Apr 24, 2016
Continuation In Part 15136948 · Apr 24, 2016
Continuation In Part 15136948 · Apr 24, 2016
Continuation In Part 14599522 · Jan 18, 2015
Continuation In Part 14599522 · Jan 18, 2015
Continuation In Part 14562719 · Dec 7, 2014
Continuation In Part 14562719 · Dec 7, 2014
Continuation In Part 14330649 · Jul 14, 2014
Continuation In Part 13797955 · Mar 12, 2013
Continuation In Part 13523739 · Jun 14, 2012
Provisional Application 62972692 · Feb 11, 2020
Provisional Application 62851904 · May 23, 2019
Provisional Application 62796901 · Jan 25, 2019
Provisional Application 62791838 · Jan 13, 2019
Provisional Application 62430667 · Dec 6, 2016
Provisional Application 62322594 · Apr 14, 2016
Provisional Application 62303126 · Mar 3, 2016
Provisional Application 62169661 · Jun 2, 2015
Provisional Application 62160172 · May 12, 2015
Provisional Application 62089696 · Dec 9, 2014
Provisional Application 62017615 · Jun 26, 2014
Provisional Application 61939244 · Feb 12, 2014
Provisional Application 61932517 · Jan 28, 2014
Provisional Application 61729494 · Nov 23, 2012
Related Publication 20240148324A1 · May 9, 2024
References Cited (69)
US 9204796B2 · Tran · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 9449446B1 · Mullin · 2016 [cited by examiner]
US 10512770B2 · Wingeier et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 10564717B1 · Shahmohammadi et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10656710B1 · Shahmohammadi et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10809796B2 · Armstrong-Muntner et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 10962789B1 · Lewis · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11209654B1 · Lewis · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11850055B2 · Hiratsuka · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US 20060252978A1 · Vesely et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20060252979A1 · Vesely et al. · 2006 [cited by applicant]
US 20070019279A1 · Goodall et al. · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20070106172A1 · Abreu · 2007 [cited by applicant]
US 20090259137A1 · Delic · 2009 [cited by examiner]
US 20110298706A1 · Mann · 2011 [cited by applicant]
US 20120029336A1 · Terada · 2012 [cited by examiner]
US 20130274583A1 · Heck · 2013 [cited by applicant]
US 20140023999A1 · Greder · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20140081117A1 · Kato · 2014 [cited by examiner]
US 20140347265A1 · Aimone et al. · 2014 [cited by applicant]
US 20150379896A1 · Yang · 2015 [cited by applicant]
US 20160070122A1 · Sales · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160143554A1 · Lim et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160256086A1 · Byrd et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20160287173A1 · Abreu · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20170071495A1 · Denison · 2017 [cited by examiner]
US 20170258410A1 · Gras · 2017 [cited by applicant]
US 20180103894A1 · Tzvieli · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180221620A1 · Metzger · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20190101977A1 · Armstrong-Muntner · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190200925A1 · Aimone et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190239807A1 · Watson et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20190336765A1 · Charlesworth et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20200019243A1 · Aimone et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200081247A1 · Khaderi et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200133393A1 · Forsland et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200237249A1 · Gunasekar et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200264454A1 · Mackenzie et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200268296A1 · Alcaide et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200337653A1 · Alcaide et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200375524A1 · Aminifar et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20210121115A1 · Chiang · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210200313A1 · Aimone et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20210223864A1 · Forsland et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20230018247A1 · Elias · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US 20230172468A1 · Kaplan et al. · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US 20230320669A1 · Desai et al. · 2023 [cited by applicant]
(Acar, 2019), “Wearable and Flexible Textile Electrodes for Biopotential Signal Monitoring: A Review,” Electronics, 2019, 8(5), 479. [cited by applicant]
(Casson, 2019), “Wearable EEG and Beyond,” Biomedical Engineering Letters, Jan., 2019, 9(1), 53-71. [cited by applicant]
(Chen, 2014), “Soft, Comfortable Polymer Dry Electrodes for High Quality ECG and EEG Recording,” Sensors, Dec. 10, 2014, 14(12), 23758-80. [cited by applicant]
(Chen, 2016), “Polymer-Based Dry Electrodes for Biopotential Measurements,” Thesis, Arenberg Doctoral School, 2016. [cited by applicant]
(Chi, 2010), “Dry-Contact and Noncontact Biopotential Electrodes: Methodological Review,” IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 2010, 3, 106-119. [cited by applicant]
(Chlaihawi, 2018), “Development of Printed and Flexible Dry ECG Electrodes,” Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 2018, 20, 9-15. [cited by applicant]
(Flumeri, 2019), “The Dry Revolution: Evaluation of Three Different EEG Dry Electrode Types in Terms of Signal Spectral Features, Mental States Classification and Usability,” Sensors, Mar. 19, 2019, 19(6), 1365. [cited by applicant]
(Fu, 2020), “Dry Electrodes for Human Bioelectrical Signal Monitoring,” Sensors, Jun. 29, 2020, 20(13), 3651. [cited by applicant]
(Gao, 2018), “Soft Pin-Shaped Dry Electrode with Bristles for EEG Signal Measurements,” Sensors and Actuators, 2018, vol. 283, 348-361. [cited by applicant]
(Hsu, 2014), “Developing Barbed Microtip-Based Electrode Arrays for Biopotential Measurement,” Sensors, 2014, 14(7), 12370-12386. [cited by applicant]
(Kocturova, 2019), “Comparison of Dry Electrodes for Mobile EEG System,” 2019. [cited by applicant]
(Krachunov, 2016), “3D Printed Dry EEG Electrodes,” Sensors, 2016, 16(10), 1635. [cited by applicant]
(Lau-Zhu, 2019), “Mobile EEG in Research on Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Opportunities and Challenges,” Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2019, vol. 36. [cited by applicant]
(Lee, 2015), “Reverse-Curve-Arch-Shaped Dry EEG Electrode for Increased Skin-Electrode Contact Area on Hairy Scalps,” Electronics Letters, Oct. 1, 2015. [cited by applicant]
(Lopez-Gordo, 2014), “Dry EEG Electrodes,” Sensors, Jul. 18, 2014, 14(7), 12847-70. [cited by applicant]
(Mota, 2013), “Development of a Quasi-Dry Electrode for EEG Recording,” Sensors and Actuators, 2013, vol. 199, 310-317. [cited by applicant]
(Olesen, 2020), “Development and Assessment of Electrodes and Instrumentation for Plantar Skin Impedance Measurements,” Thesis, Master in Electronics, Informatics and Technology, University of Oslo, Autumn, 2020. [cited by applicant]
(Ouyang, 2021), “Application of Intrinsically Conducting Polymers in Flexible Electronics,” SmartMat, Aug. 18, 2021, 2. [cited by applicant]
(Ruffini, 2008), “First Human Trials of a Dry Electrophysiology Sensor Using a Carbon Nanotube Array Interface,” Sensors and Actuators, Jun. 15, 2008, 144. [cited by applicant]
(Shad, 2020), “Impedance and Noise of Passive and Active Dry EEG Electrodes: A Review,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Jul. 27, 2020. [cited by applicant]
(Sunwoo, 2020), “Advances in Soft Bioelectronics for Brain Research and Clinical Neuroengineering,” Matter, 2020, 3(6) 1923-1947. [cited by applicant]
(Zhang, 2020), “Fully Organic Compliant Dry Electrodes Self-Adhesive to Skin for Long-Term Motion-Robust Epidermal Biopotential Monitoring,” Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 4683. [cited by applicant]
Cited By (1)
US 12,472,414