Patent ID: 8688209

Claim:
A device for ambulatory monitoring of brain activity, comprising: a plurality of electrodes adapted to be operatively secured to a head of a monitoring subject, each electrode producing a signal indicating brain activity of the monitoring subject; a signal processor that receives the signals produced by the plurality of electrodes and processes the signals to produce data, the signal processor adapted to be secured to the monitoring subject and analyzing the signals such that the signal processor determines an occurrence of a brain spike based on a) a convolved signal that exceeds a first fixed threshold and b) coefficients determined from wavelet decomposition that exceed a second fixed threshold; a display that displays the data produced by the signal processor, the display adapted to be secured to the monitoring subject; and a power source adapted to be secured to the monitoring subject, the power source providing power to the plurality of electrodes, the signal processor, and the display, wherein the monitoring subject may ambulate unimpeded by the plurality of electrodes, the signal processor, the display and the power source.