Brain interfacing apparatus and method

A brain interfacing apparatus that provides, when in operation, brain activity monitoring and stimulation of the brain of a user, wherein the apparatus comprises:

• (i) a headwear arrangement to be placed or positioned on a head of the user wherein the headwear arrangement comprises an electrode arrangement including a plurality of electrodes that makes electrical contact with a scalp of the user, when in operation, to detect electrical signals therefrom and to apply a brain stimuli thereto;
• (ii) an input/output arrangement that receives electrical signals from at least one of the plurality of electrodes and delivers the brain stimuli using a brain stimulation protocol to the at least one of the plurality of electrodes, when in operation;
• (iii) a data processing arrangement that processes the detected electrical signals received from the input signal processing arrangement and generates the brain stimulation protocol corresponding to the received electrical signals, when in operation, wherein the data processing arrangement includes a memory module;
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• (iv) one or more power units that supply electrical power to the input/output arrangement and the data processing arrangement,
• wherein the data processing arrangement compares the received electrical signals with a predetermined reference data set to generate an analysis of the received electrical signals and applies at least one adaptive learning algorithm or another computational algorithm to the process of analysing and generating the brain stimulation protocol.

A method for using a brain interfacing apparatus that provides, when in operation, brain activity monitoring and stimulation of the brain of a user, wherein the method includes:

• (i) using one or more power unit to supply electrical power to an input/output arrangement and a data processing arrangement;
• (ii) placing or positioning a headwear arrangement on a head of the user, wherein the headwear arrangement comprises an electrode arrangement including a plurality of electrodes that makes electrical contact with a scalp of the user, when in operation, to detect electrical signals therefrom and to apply a brain stimuli thereto;
• (iii) using the input/output arrangement to receive electrical signals from at least one of the plurality of electrodes and to deliver the brain stimuli using a brain stimulation protocol to the at least one of the plurality of electrodes;
• (iv) using the data processing arrangement to process the detected electrical signals received from the input/output arrangement and to generate the brain stimulation protocol corresponding to the received electrical signals, wherein the data processing arrangement includes a memory module;
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• (v) comparing the received electrical signals and a predetermined reference data set for generating an analysis and applying at least one adaptive learning algorithm or another computational algorithm to the analysis for generating the brain stimulation protocol.