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Smart outfit to diagnose epilepsy

01-Jun-2016

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BioSerenity has developed Neuronaute – a shirt and cap embedded with biometric sensors.

Records the electrical activity of the wearer’s brain, heart and muscles.

Also records movements to help determine what activities trigger someone’s seizures.

Approved for use by European health services.

Epilepsy is difficult to diagnose as seizures rarely coincide with hospital appointments.

30 per cent of people with epilepsy in Europe are misdiagnosed

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BioSerenity

Company developing ambulatory medical devices to help diagnose and monitor patients.

Francoise Thomas-Vialettes

President of French epilepsy society EFAPPE

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