90% of traumatic brain Injuries go un-diagnosed. Brain injuries often need hospital diagnosis

 

Instant Brain Health Insights With Objective Results In Real-Time.

 

Brain Health Now (BHN) is a UK MedTech company developing a portable EEG headband that connects to a smartphone to detect brain injury in real time. Using AI-supported software, it provides rapid assessment outside hospitals.

Designed for sport, defence, and high-risk workplaces, the system delivers instant guidance — “fit to play” or “seek care” — helping identify injuries earlier and reduce long-term health risks while easing pressure on healthcare services.

BHN is currently conducting academic validation trials, refining its hardware for scalable manufacturing, and improving its machine-learning models. The project will also contribute to building the UK’s largest anonymised EEG dataset for future AI and clinical research.

Working with partners including Leeds Carnegie and Nottingham University, BHN is preparing for rapid deployment following validation, helping position the UK at the forefront of next-generation brain trauma detection.

A Lifelong Record For Your Brain Health

Brain Health Now is a UK MedTech company developing a portable EEG headband that connects to a smartphone app to assess brain health instantly outside hospitals.

Designed for sport, defence, and high-risk workplaces, the lightweight wearable provides fast, objective brain monitoring at the point of impact. This helps coaches, medics, and supervisors make safer, evidence-based decisions when brain injury or concussion is suspected.

By bringing hospital-grade brain monitoring to real-world environments, Brain Health Now aims to improve early detection of brain injuries that often go undiagnosed due to the lack of rapid, reliable assessment tools.

1,200,000 Head Injuries Are Un-Recognised Annually

The system provides immediate readings of brain activity, analysed by advanced software to offer a clear “fit to play” or “seek further care” recommendation. It also creates a secure, lifelong brain health record for each user, offering valuable long-term insight.

In parallel, anonymised brain data from consenting users will be added to what we aim to become the largest EEG database in the world, a powerful resource for future research into concussion, dementia, PTSD, and other neurological conditions.

Where BHN’s Technology Works

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Athletes

Several contact sports (e.g. football, hockey, lacrosse, and wrestling) are known for high rates of head injuries. While improved gear, stronger regulations, and player education has helped with raising awareness, there is a diagnostic void for proper identification of players affected by a mTBI.

Uniformed Services

TBI is a significant health issue for service men and women due to injuries that occur during training and military operations. The impact of which affects the level of unit readiness and troop retention. The Army has noted that combat medics need to be able to accurately and objectively assess soldiers with mild to moderate TBI

Further Work-Research

Many sports bodies, player associations, medical researchers and academics are involved in research into acquired brain injury and sport. As well as National Governing Bodies, domestically this includes the UK Dementia Research Institute (UKDRI), Imperial College, Nottingham and Glasgow Universities, the Medical Research Council and the Drake Foundation as well as internationally the Mayo Clinic, the American National Football League (NFL) and World Rugby.

Research is happening on an ongoing basis – for example the Premier League announced two research studies to inform heading in training guidelines in March 2021 to identify the forces involved in heading footballs. The outcome of these studies may help inform guidelines for heading in training at professional and adult football levels.

The first study is being carried out with Sports & Wellbeing Analytics, who operate their PROTECHT system (see technology section below) where mouthguards will collect data to show how the force and frequency of impacts affect the brain and body. The second study is being conducted in partnership with Second Spectrum, the official tracking and analytics provider for the Premier League. This study will compare match-tracking data from the 2019/20 season with results from the mouthguard study. Further research is being done in football3 and rugby union.

Podium Analytics, a charity that seeks to significantly reduce the incidence and long-term impact of injury in sport, announced the establishment of an Institute of Sports Medicine and Technology in partnership with Oxford University in September 2021 (see Action 1 below). The new Institute aims to bring together world-class academics to drive a clearer understanding of the impact, incidence, cause and effect of injury.

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