Electrode positioning system and method

US10315026B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Halo Neuro, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Brett Wingeier · San Francisco, US
• Tal Bar-Or · San Francisco, US
• Colin Davis · San Francisco, US
• Victoria Hammett · San Francisco, US
• Daniel S. Chao · San Francisco, US
• Matty Martin · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 26, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04R2460/13
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method for stimulating a user, the system comprising: a set of pads configured at head regions of the user; a band having a first end coupled to a first pad of the set of pads and a second end coupled to a second pad of the set of pads; a bridge coupled the band and to an electrode during use; and a set of links, each link coupled at a first region to an interior portion of its corresponding pad, and coupled at a second region to the bridge, having an elastic modulus above a threshold modulus such that: in a first mode, displacement of the set of pads produces displacement of the electrode away from the head region of the user, and in a second mode, release of the set of pads orients protrusions of the electrode approximately normal to the head region.