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NIH-funded study lets epilepsy patients query their own monitor in real time

A small clinical study at the University of Pennsylvania used a smartphone app for two-way communication with EEG monitoring.

Agency release dated 2026-10-13

What the record says

• NIH says the team built an interface that enables real-time communication between patients and epilepsy monitoring devices.
• In a small clinical study at the University of Pennsylvania, patients used a smartphone app to ask about their own physiological data and received accurate answers.
• The system also learned from patient feedback to improve seizure detection, according to NIH.

Source: NIH — Patients engage with epilepsy monitor in real time, improving seizure detection. Notice Nearby summarized this release; it adds no claims beyond the agency record.