EEG kit

摘要

An EEG kit can be thought of as “EEG In a Bag” (“EEG-IAB”). The EEG kit can provide a complete, disposable, fast, and easily-used platform to record EEG to measure brain activity. Other physiological information (e.g., oxygen saturation, ECG or EKG, etc.) or other information (e.g., local electrode motion) can also be recorded, such as in time-concordance with the recorded EEG signals. The recorded EEG and other information can be uplinked to a local or remote user interface. A local or remote neurologist can use the EEG information to render a diagnosis in tens of minutes, wherein such information can currently be unavailable, or can require a number of hours to obtain and diagnose. The EEG kit can be very convenient, and can be used in a hospital emergency department (ED), an intensive care unit (ICU), by a first responder, or can be deployed for emergency or disaster preparedness.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising an electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring kit comprising a kit package comprising:
an EEG recording module, configured to be worn on a head of a patient, the EEG recording module comprising a memory configured for recording a plurality of EEG signals from the patient; a headpiece, sized and shaped to be worn on the head of the patient, the headpiece comprising a plurality of non-surgically implanted scalp-wearable electrode assemblies that are configured to be electrically connected to the EEG recording module; an electrical connector cable, having a length that is less than 50 centimeters, the cable configured to couple the EEG recording module to the headpiece, when both the EEG recording module and the headpiece are worn on the head of the patient, to communicate the EEG signals from the electrode assemblies to the EEG recording module; and a fluid-impervious single-use cover, configured to be directly or indirectly mounted to the headpiece or to the head of the patient, the cover sized or shaped to carry the EEG recording module within the cover and configured to permit the cable to extend Out from the cover to the headpiece, wherein the cover comprises a flexible plastic pouch comprising an adhesive seal, configured to seal the EEG recording module within the pouch with the cable extending out from the pouch, and wherein the pouch is configured with a tear strength that is less than an adhesion strength of the adhesive seal such that opening the sealed pouch to remove the EEG recording module from the pouch requires tearing of the pouch and thereby renders the pouch unsuitable for subsequent use with the EEG recording module.