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Badower et al.
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(43) Pub. Date:

SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GATHER AND

ANALYZE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC

DATA

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Publication Classi?cation

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Int. Cl.
A61B 5/00
(52) US, C],

(71) ApplicantszYakob BadoWer, Frankfurt am Main

(DE); Ramachandran Gurumoorthy,
Berkeley, CA (US); Anantha K-

(2006.01)

CPC ...................................... .. A61B 5/00 (2013.01)

USPC ........................................................ .. 434/236

Pradeep, Berkeley, CA (US); Robert T.

Knight, Berkeley, CA (US)

(72)

Inventors, Yakob Badower Frankfurt am Main

' (DE), Ramachalldran Gurumoorthy
B erkl ey CA (Us) Anantha K

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Pradeep B erke1 ey CA (Us) Rgbert T

bands, each of the bands having a plurality of electrodes to

detect the electroencephalographic data from a brain of the

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subject, each band selectively rotatable relative to an adjacent

band and each band selectivel Y comP ressible to increase a

force of the electrodes against a head of the subject. The

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example method also includes converting the EEG data into

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digital EEG signals and conditioning the digital EEG signals.

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Example methods are disclosed herein that include obtaining

electroencephalographic (EEG) data from a subject via a
device comprising tWo or more independently adjustable

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ABSTRACT

Knight lgerkeley CA (Us)

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In addition, the example method includes analyzing the digi

Related U's' Apphcatlon Data

Provisional application No. 61/684,640, ?led on Aug.
17, 2012.

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tal EEG signals using one or more analysis protocols to deter

mine a mental characteristic of the subject and transmitting
the mental characteristic to an output device.

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