Educational-use disclaimer
Last updated: 22 October 2026
1. This is a simulation, not a medical device
Brainwave Neurosim (the "Simulator") is an illustrative teaching tool. Every waveform, spectrogram, number and readout it displays is generated by a mathematical model. The Simulator does not acquire, record, measure, monitor or interpret any signal from any person.
The Simulator is not a medical device. It is not registered with, cleared by, or approved by any regulatory authority. It is not intended for use in the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease.
The Simulator models adult patients only. Its EEG, its drug effects and its patient-frailty axis (a fit adult of about 45 to a frail patient of about 90) are built on and calibrated against published adult data. Neonatal, infant and paediatric EEG changes markedly with age and behaves differently under anaesthesia — infants, for example, do not show the coherent frontal alpha that dominates adult propofol and sevoflurane anaesthesia — and none of it is represented here. Do not use the Simulator to teach, learn or interpret paediatric EEG.
2. Never use it for patient care
You must not use the Simulator, or anything it displays, to:
- diagnose, monitor or treat any patient;
- determine, titrate or verify any drug or anaesthetic dose;
- guide, justify or second-guess any clinical decision; or
- substitute for a real monitor, real clinical data, or the judgement of a qualified clinician.
3. Deliberate simplifications
The Simulator is built to teach concepts, not to predict what a specific patient's EEG will do. In particular:
- The Index readout is an illustrative surrogate. The real device index is proprietary and is not reproduced here; this value is derived from the Simulator's own model and is not a validated depth-of-anaesthesia index.
- Epileptiform activity is a stylised teaching model — generalised only, on a fixed schedule. It is not a validated seizure model.
- Drug doses are relative steps (Off / Low / Medium / High), not clinical units. Onset behaviour is a simple glide, not pharmacokinetics.
- Drug interactions follow published directions, but their magnitudes are illustrative teaching values, not patient-specific predictions.
- The spectrogram is synthesised from the underlying model rather than computed from the displayed trace, and its decibel axis is nominal — it is not a traceable measurement.
4. No warranty and no liability
The Simulator is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Dayle Keown accepts no liability for any loss, injury or damage arising from use of, or reliance on, the Simulator or its outputs. Your use is also governed by our Terms of Service.
Nothing in this disclaimer excludes rights that cannot lawfully be excluded, including under the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 or the Australian Consumer Law where those apply.
5. Contact
Questions about the model, its limitations or its teaching use: contact@brainwaveneurosim.com.