EEG-Pen for medical emergencies.
This paper deals with a handy, mobile emergency EEG device. It provides a direct and immediate access to patients brain activity. This EEG-Pen consists of spring-loaded electrodes and all necessary components. Current mobile EEG systems do not seem to be appropriate for emergencies since they require a lot of time-consuming preliminary work. Usually the skin has to be pre-treated, the electrodes and the wires have to be attached to the body. This prototype of an EEG-Pen would do away with such preliminary measures and therefore becomes an essential tool for emergencies. Good recordings have been obtained. A miniaturized EEG-Pen, which can be easily carried by physicians or medical staff and immediately be used as a "bioelectric signal detector", requires more research.
Wiebe
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Gerhard-Mercator-Universität Duisburg, Fakultät 5, Fachgebiet Elektronische Bauelemente und Schaltungen, Germany. wiebe@ims.fhg.de
Ince
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Blasius
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Koletzki
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D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004630:Emergencies; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008904:Miniaturization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*