Patent ID: 9320885
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A61N

Claim Text:
1. A dual purpose sleep wearable headgear for both monitoring and stimulating the brain of a sleeping person, the headgear comprising: one or more flexible bands capable of being worn so as to capture the head of the sleeping person, one of the flexible bands wearable over the forehead of the sleeping person; a plurality of electrodes, each electrode including an Ag—AgCl element covered by gel, at least some of the electrodes being sized and located along the flexible band wearable over the forehead so as to be capable of applying electrical stimulation to the sleeping person's brain, at least some of the plurality of electrodes also being capable of acquiring an EEG signal; a plurality of electrode connectors located along the flexible band wearable over the forehead, capable of receiving the plurality of electrodes, each electrode connector being incorporated into the flexible band wearable over the forehead so as to direct the electrical stimulation to an underlying portion of the sleeping person's brain; an enclosure capable of enclosing a wearable dual use brain monitoring and stimulation device having an electronic circuit for both acquiring the EEG signal and applying the electrical stimulation; and a plurality of interface connectors for electrically connecting the electronic circuit to the headgear, the electronic circuit being capable of both acquiring the EEG signal and applying the electrical stimulation, each interface connector being electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of electrode connectors.