Electronic Identity Card

• US 20110118618A1
• Filed: 06/17/2008
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: New York University
• Original Assignee: New York University
• Inventors: John, Erwin Roy, Prichep, Leslie S
• Granted Patent: US 9,020,585 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/544
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/369 Electroencephalography [EEG] devices for psychotechnics A61B5/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/377 using evoked responses
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4076 Diagnosing or monitoring particular conditions of the nervous system A61B5/4821, A61B5/4824 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/411 Detecting or monitoring allergy or intolerance reactions to an allergenic agent or substance

Abstract

A method comprises the steps of obtaining a baseline measurement corresponding to a representation of brain activity from a living body and storing the baseline measurements on a storage device configured to be wearable on the living body in combination with obtaining, at a time subsequent to the baseline measurement, a second measurement representing brain activity from the living body, reading the baseline measurement from the storage device and evaluating the living body based on a comparison of the second measurement to the baseline measurement. A system for analyzing electrical brain activity, the system comprises a component for reading, from a storage medium, data corresponding to a baseline measurement of brain activity of a living body and a component for determining data representing a current brain activity of the living body in combination with a component for evaluating the living body by comparing the baseline measurement data and the current brain activity data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining a baseline measurement corresponding to a representation of brain activity from a living body;

storing the baseline measurements on a storage device configured to be wearable on the living body;

obtaining, at a time subsequent to the baseline measurement, a second measurement representing brain activity from the living body;

reading the baseline measurement from the storage device; and

evaluating the living body based on a comparison of the second measurement to the baseline measurement.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the brain activity measurement is at least one of a qEEG, a BAER and an ERP.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising filtering noise from the baseline measurement.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising amplifying the baseline measurement.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing personal data about the living body on the portable storage device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the personal includes age, sex, date, and time of measurement.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining the measurements by using one of a montage including leads on a forehead of the living body and any selected array from the International 10-20 System with any selected reference.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the baseline measurement is performed at a docking station.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the docking station is mobile.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the storage device includes one of a USB drive, a memory card, a memory stick, a memory chip, a CD-ROM, a floppy disk, a zip disk and a flash card.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the evaluating includes performing a substance abuse check on the living body based on the comparison.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation includes determining an extent of trauma on the living body.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation includes checking an effectiveness of one of a medical and a neurological treatment on the living body.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the baseline data with the current data upon occurrence of one of a clinically significant neurological event and a clinically significant medical event.

15. A method comprising:

inputting baseline data representing brain activity of a living body from a storage device configured to be wearable on the living body;

obtaining current data representing a current brain activity of the living body; and

evaluating the living body by comparing the baseline data to the current data.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

referencing at least one baseline environmental condition stored on the storage device; and

conforming at least one current environmental condition to the at least one baseline environmental condition when performing current data measurements.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one baseline environmental condition includes at least one of a light intensity, a sound level, an environmental temperature, and a body temperature.

18. A system for analyzing electrical brain activity, the system comprising:

a first component reading from a storage medium, data corresponding to a baseline measurement of brain activity of a living body;

a second component determining data representing a current brain activity of the living body; and

a third component evaluating the living body by comparing the baseline measurement data and the current brain activity data.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a first arrangement amplifying, filtering and sampling one of the baseline measurement and the current brain activity measurement.

20. The system of claim 18, further comprising a second arrangement digitizing the baseline measurements.

21. The system of claim 18, further comprising a third arrangement quantifying a difference in the baseline measurement and current brain activity data, wherein the third component assesses the living body based on one of the quantified difference and a trajectory corresponding to the difference.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the evaluation is provided to a user on a user interface.

23. The system of claim 18, further comprising a fourth arrangement quantifying a difference in the baseline measurement and current brain activity data and displaying one of the difference and a trajectory corresponding to the difference on a user interface.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the third component evaluates the living body based on one of the quantified difference and a trajectory corresponding to the difference.