WIRELESS WEARABLE BIG DATA BRAIN MACHINE INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A wireless wearable brain machine interface apparatus, comprising:
- (a) an implant recording and transmitting module, configured for receiving neural data from a plurality of implant electrodes on a cranial region of a patient and wirelessly transmitting this neural data; and
(b) a wearable receiving and forwarding module configured for wirelessly receiving said neural data from said implant recording and transmitting module;
(c) wherein said wearable receiving and forwarding module is configured for transmitting said neural data to a mobile post processing module.
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Abstract
A wireless wearable high data throughput (big data) brain machine interface apparatus is presented. An implanted recording and transmitting module collects neural data from a plurality of implanted electrodes and wirelessly transmits this over a short distance to a wearable (not implanted) receiving and forwarding module, which communicates the data over a wired communication to a mobile post processing device. The post processing device can send this neural data to an external display or computer enabled device for viewing and/or manipulation. High data throughput is supported by aggregating multiple groups of electrodes by multiple n-channel recording elements, which are multiplexed and then modulated into high frequency wireless communications to the wearable module. Embodiments include use of multiple radiators (multiple polarizations and/or spatially distributed), with beam alignment adjustment.
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25 Claims
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1. A wireless wearable brain machine interface apparatus, comprising:
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(a) an implant recording and transmitting module, configured for receiving neural data from a plurality of implant electrodes on a cranial region of a patient and wirelessly transmitting this neural data; and (b) a wearable receiving and forwarding module configured for wirelessly receiving said neural data from said implant recording and transmitting module; (c) wherein said wearable receiving and forwarding module is configured for transmitting said neural data to a mobile post processing module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wireless wearable brain machine interface apparatus, comprising:
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(a) an implant recording and transmitting module configured for electrical connection to a plurality of electrodes implant on a cranial region of a patient, from which neural data is registered and wirelessly transmitted; and (b) a wearable receiving and forwarding module configured for being wearably retained, and not implant, near the cranium region of the patient proximal said implant recording and transmitting module, said wearable receiving and forwarding module configured for receiving wireless transmissions of neural data from said proximal implant recording and transmitting module; (c) wherein said wearable receiving and forwarding module is configured for formatting said neural data and transmitting it to a mobile post processing module. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A wireless wearable brain machine interface apparatus, comprising:
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(a) an implant recording and transmitting module configured for connection to a plurality of electrodes implant on a cranial region of a patient, said implant recording and transmitting module including; (i) multiple N-channel recorders configured for storing neural data from a plurality of electrodes coupled to each of said N-channel recorders; (ii) at least one multiplexor configured for multiplexing neural data signals from a number of said N-channel recorders into a single bit stream; (iii) at least one modulator configured for converting each single bit stream from a multiplexor by modulating a carrier frequency with each said single bit stream into a wireless radio frequency signal for transmission through a radiating element; (b) a wearable receiving and forwarding module configured for being wearably retained, and not implant, near the patient'"'"'s cranium proximal to said implant recording and transmitting module, said wearable receiving and forwarding module including; (i) a radiator or antenna configured for receiving said radio frequency signal from said implant recording and transmitting module; (ii) a demodulator configured for extracting each said single bit stream of neural data from said wireless radio frequency signal; and (c) a mobile post processing module configured for receiving at least one of said single bit stream and performing post-processing of the neural data in response to programming executing on a computer processor within said mobile post processing module; wherein said mobile post processing module is configured for being worn by the patient while said neural data is being collected.
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25. A wireless wearable brain machine interface apparatus, comprising:
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(a) an implant recording and transmitting module configured for connection to a plurality of electrodes implant on a patient'"'"'s cranium, said implant recording and transmitting module including; (i) a power coil and rectification circuit configured for receiving power from an inductively coupled power source; (ii) multiple N-channel recorders configured for storing neural data from a plurality of electrodes coupled to each of said N-channel recorders; (iii) at least one multiplexor configured for multiplexing neural data signals from a number of said N-channel recorders into a single bit stream; (iv) at least one modulator configured for converting each single bit stream from a multiplexor by modulating a carrier frequency with each said single bit stream into a wireless radio frequency signal for transmission through a radiating element; (b) a wearable receiving and forwarding module configured for being wearably retained, and not implanted, near the patient'"'"'s cranium proximal to said implant recording and transmitting module, said wearable receiving and forwarding module including; (i) a power generation circuit configured for powering an inductive power coil as the inductively coupled power source to the power coil of said implant recording and transmitting module; (ii) a radiator or antenna configured for receiving said radio frequency signal from said implant recording and transmitting module; (iii) a demodulator configured for extracting each said single bit stream of neural data from said wireless radio frequency signal; and (c) a mobile post processing module configured for receiving at least one of said single bit stream and performing post-processing of the neural data in response to programming executing on a computer processor within said mobile post processing module; wherein said mobile post processing module is configured for being worn by the patient while said neural data is being collected.
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