Patent pendingUS provisional applications filed

A montage you can build around each animal.

Our silicone pieces snap together into the electrode layout each head needs. The white holder that joins two pieces has a slot in its base, and a standard 10 mm gold cup slides in sideways so its face rests on the skin. This means you can keep using the electrodes you already have. Four channels go into a 24-bit board on the bench. For research use only.

no shavingno sedationno implantany head size

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Side view of a joint: two thin blue silicone strips pinned by a white snap holder, a gold cup electrode slid into the slot in its base, lead exiting the slot, gold rim flush at the bottom

How a joint goes together

Exploded view: white cap, two thin overlapping silicone strips, a white ring base with a side slot, and a gold cup electrode with its lead lined up to slide into the slot

Overlap two arms so the end holes line up.

Push the white ring up through both holes and snap the cap on from above.

Slide a gold cup sideways into the slot in the ring base, lead first. The cup face sits on the skin and the lead runs out through the slot. You can also leave the slot empty and use the joint for structure only.

The pieces, and the holder that both joins them and seats the electrode, are patent pending in the US.

Parts

We make the mount pieces, the holders, the board and the garments that carry it. For electrodes, you are welcome to keep using your usual supplier.

Mount pieces

A bar, a Y and an X, cut from thin silicone sheet about a millimetre thick, with a hole at every arm end. A kitten and a Labrador can use the same parts, just in different numbers.

From £30 per pack of 10

Thin blue X piece with a flat white snap holder at its centre, the lead exiting the holder's slot to a plug, quarter for scale

Snap holders

A two-part white ring that pins two arms together. Its base has a side slot, and a 10 mm gold cup slides in through it so the cup face sits flat on the fur. We also make blank caps for joints without an electrode. Patent pending.

From £15 per pack of 20

Cream fabric cat headband, lying open, with two ear apertures and metal snap studs

Feline headband

A fixed four-site layout for labs that would like the same placement on every cat. It is lined with fleece, with snap studs where the holders go.

From £90

Grey fabric vest with the board enclosure in a back pocket and colour-coded leads exiting a channel

Grey harness with the board enclosure in a chest pocket and four leads with 1.5 mm DIN plugs

Vest and harness

These carry the board while the animal moves, with a back pocket for the enclosure and a channel for the leads. The vest suits cats and small dogs, and the harness suits larger animals.

From £60

Bar, Y and X pieces in sky blue with three holders and a quarter

Bar, Y and X pieces in lavender with three holders and a quarter

Bar in blue, Y in lavender, X in sage, with three holders and a quarter

Cobalt is the default. Pieces are also available in sky blue, lavender, or one colour per shape so a montage is easy to read at a glance.

Research pricing, excluding VAT. Parts ship from the next production batch, and founding labs will receive theirs first.

Bare green acquisition PCB, about 65 by 35 mm, beside a US quarter

Board

Channels	4 channels, each against a common reference; EMG or ECG selectable
Front end	TI ADS1299-4, 24-bit; 250 SPS to 16 kSPS, recording rate set in software
Input noise	About 0.14 µVrms, inputs shorted (gain 24, 250 SPS)
Motion, temperature	Bosch BMI270 6-axis, thermistor
Radio	Nordic nRF52840, Bluetooth LE 5
Contact quality	Per-channel impedance logged with every recording
Leads	Six, 1.5 mm DIN touchproof: four signal, reference, bias
Formats	BDF and LSL are specified; tooling is in development.

Use the bench enclosure with the lead set for wired work, or the vest pocket for wireless recording. The head carries only the electrodes.

Full specification

What it records

Validated on awake, unshaved cats. The papers are in preparation and under submission (please see Validation below).

EMG

Muscle activity from surface electrodes through the coat. This is our main focus.

ECG

Heart rate and rhythm from the same mount, without clipping the fur.

EEG

Brain activity on the same four channels, selectable in software.

The board also records 6-axis motion and temperature, and logs contact impedance for every electrode.

Validation

Recorded on cats.

PrototypingPilot recordings at an animal shelter and at home. Resting cats wearing our prototype headband and board, with their signals streaming live to the laptop (using the OpenBCI GUI, before we developed our own software). The cats were not shaved or sedated.

Papers

We have validated the system on awake, unshaved cats. Validation and signal processing papers are in preparation and under submission, all written together with a PhD researcher in a University of Cambridge biosignal lab. We'd be glad to share our earlier IEEE EMBS conference abstracts on request.

Sample recordings

We'd be happy to send you a raw recording with its impedance log, under NDA if you prefer, so you can judge the signal for yourself.

Request a sample recording

Coming in March 2027

Two more ways to reach the skin.

The Ear Node and Complete kits add wireless nodes for head recordings. The drawings below come from our patent applications (patent pending).

Patent drawing: exploded view of the ear node, from the shell and circuit board down to the two hydrogel contacts and the sticker

Ear node, hydrogel

A coin-sized wireless node, about 20 mm across, that sits on the bare skin in front of the ear. Each node records muscle activity and head motion from its own electrode pair, on a single-use hydrogel sticker. There are no leads running to the animal.

Patent drawing: the fur anchor sitting in the coat, with thin combs gripping the hairs and spring-tip electrode clusters underneath

Patent drawing: side section of the fur anchor, combs holding guard hairs while a spring presses the electrode onto the skin

Fur anchor, louse-inspired clamp

This is for furred sites such as the crown. In the way a louse holds onto a hair, fine combs grip the guard hairs near their base, and the hairs carry the light spring force that keeps the electrodes on the skin. It needs no shaving, glue or strap. We are testing it now.

Founding labs

We're offering five founding labs the kit at half price.

Each founding lab receives the board, enclosure, lead set, a starter set of pieces and holders for your species, and a direct line to us. In return, we would kindly ask for:

Co-authorship on the paper, with the kit named in your methods
The de-identified raw dataset
One quote we may use
First refusal on your next study

Apply for a slot

Patent drawing: a cat head wearing the open lattice of silicone link pieces, with electrode holders at the joints and the leads running back in a bundle

Pricing

Montage Kit

Board, enclosure, six-lead set, 40 mount pieces, 40 holders, 12 gold cups, electrode paste, placement card, case, software. Ships from early December 2026.

£1,200

Montage + Ear Node Kit

The Montage Kit plus a pair of wireless ear nodes with hydrogel stickers. Ships from March 2027.

£1,400

Complete Kit

The Montage Kit plus hydrogel and clip ear node pairs. Ships from March 2027.

£1,600

Spec sheets and catalogue

Full specifications

We have product sheets for the board, mount pieces, snap holder and ear node, as well as the research kit catalogue. If you leave your email, we'll be glad to send them over.

Contact

We'd love to hear about your study.

There are five short questions, and we'll reply within two working days.

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