ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,142, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Electrode configuration to record ear electroencephalogram (EEG) during sleep and wakefulness" was invented by Gary Nelson Garcia Molina (Madison, Wis.), James Edward Barber (Avon, Ohio), Boomika Kalyan (Pittsburgh), Antonio Aquino (Harrison City, Pa.), Rebecca Lynn Blice (Akron, Ohio), Jason Grant Tilk (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) and Vikki Nowak (Cleveland Heights, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus used in a method for generating an ear electroencephalogram (EEG) signal from an ear of a patient includes: a housing; a first electr...