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Systems and methods for high-bandwidth minimally invasive brain-computer interfaces

Filed by Precision Neuroscience, first in 2021.

Granted · USView in Espacenet
Earliest priority
2 Jul 2021 · United States
Status
A grant was published in United States, first on 30 Dec 2025
Published in
United States · International (PCT) · Australia · European Patent Office
Registered as
PRECISION NEUROSCIENCE, LLC
Inventors
Rapoport, Benjamin Isaac · Papageorgiou, Demetrios Philip · Hettick, Mark James · Rapoport, Benjamin · Papageorgiou, Demetrios · Hettick, Mark
Family
DOCDB 84690669 · 10 publications

What it concerns

Systems and methods for high-bandwidth, minimally invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are disclosed. The BCIs are configured for deployment and operation in conjunction with a comprehensive interventional electrophysiology procedural suite. Three primary methods of minimally invasive electrode array delivery are disclosed: (1) cortical surface delivery, (2) ventricular delivery, and (3) endovascular delivery. Additionally, systems and methods for interacting with such high-bandwidth electrode arrays are discussed, including real-time imaging, signal processing, and neural decoding. Systems and methods for architectures for accelerating the underlying computational processes (such as graphics processing units or tensor processing units) are also discussed. Multiple applications of BCIs are discussed, with emphasis on restoration, rehabilitation, and augmentation of neurologic function.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from US2023000564A1. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

Protection themes

  • Surgical access

    Surgical planning and procedure

  • Interface and electrodes

    Electrodes and arrays

  • Decoding

    Neural decoding

  • Stimulation

    Stimulation

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes (A61B2090/101, A61B2090/376, A61B34/20, A61B5/0084, A61B5/061). The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

Why it matters

Surgical access
A probe soft enough for the brain to tolerate is too soft to push in by hand, and each route into the head has its own risk. The problem behind it: placing many contacts exactly, without injuring tissue or vessels, in an operation short and repeatable enough to offer widely.
Interface and electrodes
Everything downstream works with what the contacts pick up. Their number, size and distance from the neurons set the ceiling on the signal. The problem behind it: more contacts, closer to neurons, that still record after years in tissue that reacts to them.
Decoding
This is the step that turns brain activity into a command or a word. Its accuracy and speed are what a user experiences. The problem behind it: accuracy that holds over months without frequent recalibration, for more than one user and one task.

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 10 times in 4 offices. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

Timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2021First filingEarliest priority, at United States. The family is counted in this year.
  2. 5 Jul 2022ApplicationsFiled at United States, International (PCT), Australia, European Patent Office.
  3. 25 Oct 2022Owner recordedUnited States, on US2023000564A1: assignment; owner named: PRECISION NEUROSCIENCES CORPORATION, NEW YORK.
  4. 10 Nov 2022Owner recordedUnited States, on US2023000564A1: assignment; owner named: PRECISION NEUROSCIENCE CORPORATION, NEW YORK.
  5. 5 Jan 2023First publicationUS2023000564A1, United States.
  6. 3 May 2023Owner recordedUnited States, on US2023000564A1: assignment; owner named: PRECISION NEUROSCIENCE, LLC, NEW YORK.
  7. 22 Nov 2024ApplicationFiled at United States.
  8. 29 Dec 2025ApplicationFiled at United States.
  9. 30 Dec 2025Grant publishedUS12508084B2, United States.

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: US2023000564A1 in Espacenet
  • Counted as a BCI patent family: title or abstract names the field; classified A61N1/0531 (brain cortex electrodes); filed by PRECISION NEUROSCIENCE, LLC, an organisation already in the graph; cites a family already accepted. How families are found and judged