The Syn-R1 electrode seen from above on a deep blue surface
For clinicians and hospitals
Clinical edition: CE and UKCA marking in progress

A missed recording is a missed diagnosis.

In research, poor scalp contact costs a data point. In a clinical department it costs a patient a result. The clinical edition is the same patent-pending mechanism in medical-grade materials, single-use, for routine EEG.

Patients

Fewer inconclusive recordings

Standard electrodes cannot reach the scalp through afro-textured, coily and curly hair. Patients get asked to change their hair, sent away, or recorded badly.

Departments

Faster, more consistent setup

Place, twist, gel, on every patient. No separate protocol by hair type.

Equity

One standard of care for every head

The same recording quality regardless of hair type, at the point of care.

Single use

Disposable, so there is nothing to reprocess

Supplied as a single-patient, single-use device. No decontamination cycle, no reuse tracking, no cross-contamination pathway between patients.

A Syn-R1 electrode held between finger and thumb, showing its actual size
Built for the department

One electrode for every patient on the list.

No separate protocol. No asking a patient to change their hair. No second appointment.

The pressure you are under

Every repeat appointment comes out of a list that is already too long.

UK neurology is short-staffed and unevenly distributed. Where a patient lives changes how quickly they are seen, and how long they wait for a result.

1 : 755People with epilepsy per neurologist in the North East. In London it is 1 : 191.
78%Below the NICE-recommended level of epilepsy specialist nurses: nine per 500,000 people advised, two in place.
2 weeksThe target for a first seizure clinic. Some patients have no access to one at all.

There is no minimum standard for an epilepsy service. NICE guidance is helpful, but there are no penalties for failing to follow them, so we lack the key performance indicators for secondary care that could be used to improve equity and access.

Rhys Thomas, consultant neurologist, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Figures and quotation from ‘Huge and unjust disparities’ across NHS neurology services, Epilepsy Action, February 2024.

What an electrode can do

Give back the appointment

A recording that cannot be read is a second appointment: another slot, another journey, another wait. Contact that works first time keeps that slot for the next patient on the list.

What it cannot do

Replace a workforce plan

The shortage above is a staffing and funding problem, and no piece of hardware fixes it. We are not going to pretend otherwise. What we can do is make each recording take less of the time the department already has.

Status and route to clinic

Where we are, and what comes next.

1

Research edition validated in labs

Early-adopter labs are recording across hair types on their own equipment. That evidence feeds the clinical file.

2

Clinical edition and certification

Medical-grade materials, going through Class I CE and UKCA marking, with an FDA Class II pathway to follow. Declarations of conformity are published on our regulatory page as it is granted.

3

Clinical supply and NHS partnerships

Registered departments ship first. The long-term goal is NHS partnerships.

To evaluate before certification, the research edition is available now, for research use only. Not for clinical diagnosis or treatment.

Register interest

Tell us about your department.

Not a commitment to purchase. It tells us who is waiting, how many, and on what systems.