Multi-purpose Interactive Cognitive Platform for Early Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current neurocognitive evaluations are limited by their inability to detect subtle changes over time due to a lack of non-invasive, objective, and quantifiable multi-domain assessment tools, which delays early detection, diagnosis, and interventions for cognitive disorders.
Innovation Solution
A multi-purpose interactive cognitive platform that analyzes images to support brain health through diagnostic assessment and treatment, utilizing image-based interactivities to engage multiple cognitive domains and provide sensitive, reliable cognitive tools by identifying contiguity characteristics and processing visual stimuli.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional siloed skills' tests using simple stimuli are used for neurocognitive evaluations, then the evaluation method is simple and easy to administer, but the sensitivity to detect subtle changes over time is limited and ceiling/floor effects occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple simple skills' tests into a single integrated multi-domain assessment battery that evaluates attention, memory, executive function, and language simultaneously. This merging approach maintains ease of administration while increasing measurement precision through comprehensive multi-domain evaluation and detection of subtle cognitive changes over time.
Solution Approach 2:
The cognitive assessment platform is designed as a universal system that can evaluate multiple cognitive domains (attention, memory, executive function, language) using a single integrated tool. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate siloed tests while maintaining simplicity and reducing ceiling/floor effects through adaptive item selection.
2Reliability
If decades/century-old siloed skills' tests are used, then the assessment approach is traditional and well-established, but it lacks the sensitivity for early detection, diagnosis and interventions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements continuous monitoring and feedback mechanisms that track cognitive performance over time across multiple domains. This allows for early detection of subtle changes by comparing current performance against baseline measurements and detecting deviations that indicate emerging cognitive disorders, thereby improving both reliability and sensitivity for early diagnosis.
Solution Approach 2:
The assessment platform establishes baseline cognitive measurements across multiple domains before cognitive decline occurs. By having preliminary multi-domain data, the system can detect subtle changes and deviations from baseline that indicate early-stage cognitive disorders, enabling earlier intervention while maintaining assessment reliability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If individual skills assessments are compiled into batteries, then comprehensive coverage is achieved, but ceiling and floor effects limit the evaluation capability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs adaptive assessment technology that dynamically adjusts item difficulty and selection based on individual performance in real-time. This dynamic approach prevents ceiling and floor effects by continuously optimizing the assessment to match the individual's cognitive level across multiple domains, maintaining both comprehensive coverage and high measurement precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The assessment system changes multiple parameters simultaneously including item difficulty, domain weighting, and response time thresholds based on individual performance patterns. This multi-parameter adjustment allows the battery to maintain sensitivity across diverse cognitive domains while accommodating individual differences and preventing ceiling/floor effects through adaptive parameter optimization.
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AI summary
An interactive cognitive platform is provided that uses image-based interactivities for diagnosis, treatment, and to analyze the progress (for disease and/or treatment) of cognitive diseases via a graphical user interface. The interactivities engage multiple cognitive domains and involve Gestalt principles—aspects which can be personalized to be more effective for each user. The cognitive platform can be used by healthcare workers to produce diagnostics or treatment plans for specific cognitive conditions and diseases with a cognitive component. The cognitive platform can be used for gaming, stress reduction and skills development and performance enhancement for those without cognitive problems.