METHOD FOR ASSESSING BRAIN FUNCTION AND PORTABLE AUTOMATIC BRAIN FUNCTION ASSESSMENT APPARATUS
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing rapid brain assessment may provide emergency triage to head trauma patients by analyzing a combination of spontaneous and evoked brain potentials. The spontaneous and evoked potentials are analyzed, and the results classified, to present a real-time assessment of a patient'"'"'s brain, diagnosing any potential abnormalities therein.
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44 Claims
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1-27. -27. (canceled)
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28. An apparatus for determining the neurological state of a subject, comprising:
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a processor; a memory operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores one or more operating instructions; an input-output interface having at least one channel operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the input-output interface is configured to receive external brain electrical signals through a set of electrodes placed on the subject; and the processor is configured to utilize the one or more operating instructions to perform one or more operations on the signals received from the input-output interface, wherein the one or more operations comprise; de-noising the received signals; extracting features from the de-noised signals; classifying the extracted features; and determining a neurological state of the subject based on the classification, wherein determining the neurological state comprises the steps of; determining if the neurological state is normal or abnormal; and determining if an abnormal neurological state is psychiatric or “
functional”
in nature, organic in nature, or an emergency or “
Alert”
condition.- View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An apparatus for providing an automatic brain function assessment comprising;
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an electrode set; a processor;
whereinthe electrode set and the processor are operatively connected through an input-output interface having at least one channel; a display operatively connected to the processor; a user interface operatively connected to the processor; and internal memory, wherein the memory contains instructions for providing a real-time assessment of a subject'"'"'s brain function; and the memory contains instructions for processing signals acquired by the electrode set using wavelet-packet algorithms.
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44-64. -64. (canceled)
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