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"EpilepSee" Glasses: a wearable seizure prevention device for photosensitive epilepsy
- Abstract:
- Temporarily reducing retinal stimulation when exposed to a hazardous photic stimulus by activating a rapidly responding electrochromic material could provide a novel seizure prevention method, referred to as the "EpilepSee Glasses", for people with photosensitive epilepsy.Analysis of an electroencephalogram (EEG) recording has shown reduced photoparoxysmal responses when exposed to flashing light whilst wearing a pair of glasses with one lens covered by an electrochromic material. By characterising the variation of the light seen in a user's field of vision in real time, and exploiting the fact that a stimulus must, on average, be present for at least 1 second to cause a seizure, the glasses' lens only needs to activate upon detection of a potentially harmful stimulus. This means that when the optical environment is deemed safe by the device, the user will experience minimal change to their quality of life.Further development could result in this proof-of-concept device evolving into a simple, affordable solution for noninvasive seizure prevention, filling an otherwise unexplored gap in treatment methods.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1109/embc53108.2024.10781586
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/0526snb40
- Grant:
- CIET1718\76
- Publisher:
- IEEE
- Host title:
- 2024 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
- Pages:
- 1-4
- Publication date:
- 2024-07-19
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-04-17
- Event title:
- 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2024)
- Event location:
- Orlando, FL, USA
- Event website:
- https://embc.embs.org/2024/
- Event start date:
- 2024-07-15
- Event end date:
- 2024-07-19
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2694-0604
- ISSN:
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2375-7477
- Pmid:
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40039150
- EISBN:
- 9798350371499
- ISBN:
- 9798350371505
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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2079278
- UUID:
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uuid_abb3258d-264e-42e0-8967-40408397f96f
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pubs:2079278
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2025-12-05
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- Copyright holder:
- Crooks et al
- Copyright date:
- 2024
- Rights statement:
- © 2024 Authors. Under a Creative Commons License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Notes:
- This paper was presented at the 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2024), 15th-19th July 2024, Orlando, FL, USA.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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