Brainscope

BrainScope’s technology in development is based on the premise that the brain is an organ with function exhibited primarily by electrical activity. All of the brain’s activity, whether reflexive, automatic, unconscious or conscious, is electro-chemical in nature, and has mathematically predictable electrical correlates. Through a series of electro-chemical reactions, mediated by molecules called neurotransmitters, electrical potentials (voltages) are generated and transmitted throughout the brain, traveling continuously between and among the myriad of neurons. This activity establishes the basic electrical signatures of the traditional electroencephalogram (EEG) and creates identifiable frequencies which have a clear basis in structure and function and change predictably as a function of age.

Quanitification and analysis of these features enable objective descriptors of brain function to be derived from the EEG, and make it possible to characterize the EEG as either being within or beyond normal limits. Thus, at this basic level, the core capability to quantify features which characterize EEG serves as a signature for both normal and abnormal brain function, and specifically for identification of TBI.

BrainScope’s novel application of advanced mathematics and miniaturized hardware is designed to bridge the limitations of traditional EEG tools (bulky, expensive, need expert data interpretation), to provide easy-to-use, non-invasive, timely, front-line tools that can assist with an initial assessment of brain function as well as provide adjunctive assessment across the brain care path.  BrainScope’s device under development will initially be focused on TBI in military settings, with future uses intended for sports and emergency medicine environments.