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Electroencephalograph device and system, computer device, and storage medium

Filed by Neuracle, first in 2021.

Granted · CN, EP, USView in Espacenet
Earliest priority
27 Jan 2021 · China
Status
A grant was published in China, European Patent Office, United States, first on 4 May 2021
Published in
China · International (PCT) · European Patent Office · United States
Registered as
NEURACLE TECH CHANGZHOU CO LTD · NEURACLE TECH SHANGHAI CO LTD · Neuracle Technology (Changzhou) Co., Ltd. · NEURACLE TECH CHANGZHOU CO LTD · 博睿康科技(常州)股份有限公司
Inventors
沈蔚 · Shen, Wei
Family
DOCDB 74740595 · 9 publications

What it concerns

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electronic medical treatment, and provides an electroencephalograph device and system, a computer device, and a storage medium. The electroencephalograph device comprises: a stimulation unit for generating a stimulation signal; and an acquisition unit for acquiring physiological electrical signals of a human brain. The acquisition of the physiological electrical signals of the human brain by the acquisition unit comprises: when the stimulation unit does not apply the stimulation signal to a human body, the acquisition unit acquires physiological electrical signals of the human brain according to a first acquisition parameter; and when the stimulation unit applies the stimulation signal to the human body, the acquisition unit acquires physiological electrical signals of the human brain according to a second acquisition parameter, the first acquisition parameter being different from the second acquisition parameter. By using the technical solution of the present disclosure, the acquisition unit performs acquisition of the brain physiological electrical signals by using different acquisition parameters during stimulation and non-stimulation, so as to reduce the influence of aliasing noise and signal saturation on the acquired signals during stimulation, thereby acquiring effective electroencephalogram data.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from US20240075287A1. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

Protection themes

  • Signal acquisition

    Signal acquisition

  • Signal processing

    Signal processing

  • Stimulation

    Stimulation

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes (A61B5/377, A61B5/4836, A61B5/7217, A61N1/36031, G06F3/015). The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

Why it matters

Signal acquisition
Neural signals are microvolts. They have to be amplified and digitised on many channels at once, inside a power budget that must not warm the tissue. The problem behind it: low noise on hundreds or thousands of channels at milliwatts.
Signal processing
A decoder is only as good as the features it is given, and recordings drift and pick up noise from movement, muscle and stimulation. The problem behind it: stable features from signals that change from day to day, computed fast enough to act on.
Stimulation
Restoring sensation, sight or movement needs information going in, and a therapy that adapts needs to sense and stimulate at once. The problem behind it: evoking a precise, stable effect without damaging tissue or electrodes, and without blinding the recording.

Why the layer matters to the field, not a judgement of this filing. A patent family shows that protection was sought. It does not show that the technology was built, is used in a product, or works in people. The whole stack

The family

One invention, published 9 times in 4 offices. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

Timeline

  1. 27 Jan 2021First filingEarliest priority, at China. The family is counted in this year.
  2. 5 Mar 2021First publicationCN112445343A, China.
  3. 4 May 2021Grant publishedCN112445343B, China.
  4. 10 Jun 2021ApplicationsFiled at International (PCT), European Patent Office, United States.
  5. 18 Jul 2023Owner recordedUnited States, on US20240075287A1: assignment; owner named: NEURACLE TECHNOLOGY (CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD., CHINA.
  6. 9 Jul 2024Grant publishedUS12029904B2, United States.
  7. 21 Jan 2026Owner recordedEuropean Patent Office, on EP4280033A1: party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred); owner named: NEURACLE TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD..
  8. 11 Mar 2026Grant publishedEP4280033B1, European Patent Office.
  9. 8 Apr 2026Owner recordedUnited States, on US20240075287A1: assignment; owner named: NEURACLE TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., CHINA.
  10. 6 Oct 2026Office recordEuropean Patent Office, on EP4280033A1: lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] (GR, HR, NO, PL, RS, SM).

Dates as the offices published them. Office records are in the offices' own words and are a selection: refusals, lapses and withdrawals, and records that name an owner. Each concerns one member of the family, not the family as a whole, and another member in the same office may stand. Whether a patent is in force today is not assessed.

Sources

  • Bibliographic data, family members and office records: European Patent Office, Open Patent Services (the DOCDB and INPADOC databases), read 7 Oct 2026.
  • The record itself, with its claims and description: US20240075287A1 in Espacenet
  • Counted as a BCI patent family: classified G06F3/015 (input arrangements based on nervous-system activity); filed by 博睿康科技(常州)股份有限公司, an organisation already in the graph; describes neural hardware or methods without naming the field; cites a family already accepted. How families are found and judged