Adaptable high performance neural interface electrodes that conform to human anatomy

An electrode assembly and a system including it are disclosed. The electrode assembly includes an electrode body with arc rail(s) attached to and extending from the electrode body. The arc rail(s) include at least one sensing element for sensing or stimulating the state of a particular property of a selected subject area when applied by the arc rail to that area. The arc rail is so disposed in relation to the electrode body as to be disposed at a non-perpendicular angle to the subject area when the electrode assembly is applied to the selected subject area. The system includes an analog front end (AFE) configured to receive output signals from at least one electrode assembly and transmit the output signals to a digital module for processing. The system also includes an accessory strap with sockets to receive electrode assemblies and deliver their outputs to the AFE.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from US20240345406A1. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

• Interface and electrodes

  Electrodes and arrays

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes (G02B27/0176, G06F3/011, G06F3/015). The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

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.

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

One invention, published 6 times in 3 offices. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

• United StatesUS20240345406A117 Oct 2024US20260157926A111 Jun 2026
• International (PCT)a route to several countries, not a countryWO2024215944A117 Oct 2024WO2025217450A216 Oct 2025WO2025217450A320 Nov 2025
• European Patent Officea route to several countries, not a countryEP4694968A118 Feb 2026

1. 11 Apr 2023First filingEarliest priority, at United States. The family is counted in this year.
2. 11 Apr 2024ApplicationsFiled at United States, International (PCT), European Patent Office.
3. 17 Oct 2024First publicationUS20240345406A1, United States.
4. 10 Apr 2025ApplicationFiled at International (PCT).
5. 23 Dec 2025ApplicationFiled at United States.

Dates as the offices published them. Records of lapses, withdrawals and changes of owner have not been read for this family, and whether a patent is in force today is not assessed.

Organisation

Cognixion · 11 families identified

• 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: US20240345406A1 in Espacenet
• Counted as a BCI patent family: uses the field's wording; classified G06F3/015 (input arrangements based on nervous-system activity); filed by Cognixion Corporation, an organisation already in the graph; describes neural hardware or methods without naming the field. How families are found and judged