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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2010
Elvir Causevic, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Elvir Causevic, Chesterfield, MO (US);
BrainScope Company, Inc., Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing an on-site diagnosis of a subject to determine the presence and/or severity of a concussion is provided. The method includes placing an electrode set coupled to a handheld base unit on the subject's head, acquiring brain electrical signals from the subject through the electrode set, processing the acquired brain electrical signals using a signal processing algorithm stored in a memory of the base unit, determining the presence and/or severity of a concussion from the processed signals, indicating the presence and/or severity of a concussion on the handheld base unit, and determining a course of treatment for the subject based on the indication.