NeuroMonitor: Smarter ICU Monitoring for Disorders of Consciousness

About

After serious brain injuries like Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), stroke, or cardiac arrest, patients may be unconscious and prognosis is often uncertain. Current bedside tools misdiagnose too often, and imaging can’t be used continuously in the ICU.

Team

Dr.Ulas Sunar (PI)
Dr. Irfaan Dar
Students: Carsi Kim, Sahar Sabaghian,
Chris Moore

Why It Matters

• Each year, thousands of patients suffer TBI, stroke, or cardiac arrest with uncertain recovery. TBI is a leading cause of death and disability, especially in young adults.
• Many patients are left unable to communicate, making prognosis extremely difficult.
• 30%+ of disorders of consciousness are misdiagnosed with behavior-based scales.
• MRI and other imaging tools are impractical for continuous ICU monitoring.

How Might We

How might we give ICU teams a reliable bedside tool to predict recovery in patients with acute brain injury who cannot communicate?

Elevator Pitch

NeuroMonitor is a compact bedside system combining optical blood flow and EEG signals to assess consciousness recovery in ICU patients.

By integrating multimodal data into a simple display, it provides continuous, non-invasive monitoring that is more accurate than EEG alone and more practical than imaging - giving clinicians more accurate, real-time insight at the bedside.

Stage: Build

Prototype & Feasibility Testing

How B&B Can Help

Beyond funding, we seek:
● Mentorship on commercialization and licensing pathways
● Partnerships with ICU sites for pilot testing
● Support for FDA 510(k) regulatory and translational funding