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Systems and methods for visualizing brain activity in real time at high spatial and temporal resolution

Filed by Precision Neuroscience, first in 2023.

Granted · USView in Espacenet
Earliest priority
6 Oct 2023 · United States
Status
A grant was published in United States, first on 28 Apr 2026
Published in
United States · International (PCT) · European Patent Office
Registered as
PRECISION NEUROSCIENCE CORPORATION
Inventors
Rapoport, Benjamin I. · Hettick, Mark · Ho, Elton · Poole, Adam J. · Monge, Manuel · Papageorgiou, Demetrios · and 5 more
Family
DOCDB 93456271 · 5 publications

What it concerns

A device and system for real-time visualization of the electrophysiologic activity of a brain, particularly at the cortical surface. The neural device can acquire, process, and display high-spatiotemporal-resolution electrophysiologic data in real-time across entire electrode arrays spanning many thousands of electrodes over identified anatomic regions. The system is compatible with thin-film cortical surface electrodes that record from neural tissues without damaging those tissues. The system can be used to guide diagnostic and therapeutic actions with high precision, and also provides the basis for a brain-computer interface.

The abstract as published by the patent office, from US20250114024A1. It describes the invention; it is not a statement of what is protected.

Protection themes

  • Interface and electrodes

    Electrodes and arrays

What the filing appears to be about, read by published rules from its title, abstract and classification codes (A61B2560/045, A61B2560/0468, A61B2562/046, A61B2562/164, A61B5/0006). The claims define what a patent protects, and they are not read here.

Why it matters

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

The family

One invention, published 5 times in 3 offices. Each publication opens in Espacenet.

Timeline

  1. 6 Oct 2023First filingEarliest priority, at United States. The family is counted in this year.
  2. 7 Oct 2024ApplicationsFiled at United States, International (PCT), European Patent Office.
  3. 12 Dec 2024Owner recordedUnited States, on US20250114024A1: assignment; owner named: PRECISION NEUROSCIENCE CORPORATION, NEW YORK.
  4. 10 Apr 2025First publicationUS20250114024A1, United States.
  5. 27 Mar 2026ApplicationFiled at United States.
  6. 28 Apr 2026Grant publishedUS12611132B2, 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: US20250114024A1 in Espacenet
  • Counted as a BCI patent family: title or abstract names the field; classified A61B5/293 (invasive electrodes for brain recording); filed by PRECISION NEUROSCIENCE CORPORATION, an organisation already in the graph; cites a family already accepted. How families are found and judged