NEUROLOGICAL STIMULATION AND ANALYSIS

• US 20110040204A1
• Filed: 10/19/2007
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Regents of the University of California (University of California)
• Original Assignee: Regents of the University of California (University of California)
• Inventors: Rubinsky, Boris, Ivorra, Antoni
• Application Number:
  US12/445,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20110040204A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/557
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0456 Specially adapted for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation [TENS]
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0472 Structure-related aspects
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0551 Spinal or peripheral nerve electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36025 for treating a mental or cerebral condition

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method for neurological interrogation and response analysis is provided. The method includes inducing, at the device, a non-optical excitation for a user. The device comprises a wearable device being worn by the user such that the non-optical excitation can be sensed. A response of a voluntary conscious movement is detected from the user. An outcome is analyzed based on the response and the non-optical excitation. An action can be performed in response to the analysis.

Claims

1. A method for neurological interactive analysis, the method comprising:

inducing, at the device, a non-optical excitation for a user, wherein the device comprises a wearable device being worn by the user such that the non-optical excitation can be sensed;

detecting a response of a movement from the user;

analyzing an outcome based on the response and the non-optical excitation; and

performing an action in response to the analysis.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-optical excitation comprises a minimally obtrusive neurological test that includes a haptic excitation that requires the response from the user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the outcome from the user comprises voluntary reaction from the user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the action comprises

triggering a notice that the outcome is not passed;

and

sending the notice to a computing device configured to process failures of the test.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the action comprises storing information for later analysis.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the outcome comprises comparing the outcome to a threshold to determine if the outcome passes a test.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising triggering an alarm based on the determination if the outcome does not pass the test.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the non-optical excitation comprises an excitation of the user'"'"'s peripheral nervous system, wherein the response comprises a response from the user'"'"'s central nervous system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the response does not require a selection of an input on the device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the outcome comprises analyzing response time or a quality of the response of the movement from the user.

11. An apparatus configured to perform a neurological interactive analysis, the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed operable to;

induce a non-optical excitation for a user, wherein the apparatus is being worn by the user such that the non-optical excitation can be sensed;

detect a response of a movement from the user;

analyze an outcome based on the response and the non-optical excitation; and

perform an action in response to the analysis.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the non-optical excitation comprises a minimally obtrusive neurological test that includes a haptic excitation that requires the response from the user.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the outcome from the user comprises voluntary reaction from the user.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logic operable to perform the action comprises logic further operable to:

trigger a notice that the outcome is not passed; and

send the notice to a computing device configured to process failures of the test.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logic operable to perform the action comprises logic further operable to store information for later analysis.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logic operable to analyze the outcome comprises logic further operable to compare the outcome to a threshold to determine if the outcome passes a test.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the logic is further operable to trigger an alarm based on the determination if the outcome does not pass the test.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the non-optical excitation comprises an excitation of the user'"'"'s peripheral nervous system, wherein the response comprises a response from the user'"'"'s central nervous system.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the response does not require a selection of an input on the device.

20. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logic operable to analyze the outcome comprises logic further operable to analyze response time or quality of the response of the movement from the user.

21. An apparatus configured to perform neurological interactive analysis, the apparatus comprising:

means for inducing, at the device, a non-optical excitation for a user, wherein the device comprises a wearable device being worn by the user such that the non-optical excitation can be sensed;

means for detecting a response of a movement from the user;

means for analyzing an outcome based on the response and the non-optical excitation; and

means for performing an action in response to the analysis.