State-of-the Art Neurological Technology

SAM Technology, Inc. (SAM) is a privately held neurotechnology R&D company located in downtown San Francisco that is commercializing a breakthrough neurological medical test of mental function developed in its laboratories over the past 20 years.

• History: Founded in 1986 by Alan Gevins, an MIT engineer and internationally known neuroscientist, the company is at the forefront of human cognitive neuroscience research, neurotechnology engineering and product development. SAM Technology grew out of the San Francisco Brain Research Institute (formerly EEG Systems Laboratory), a private human brain research lab founded by Gevins in 1980 and previously part of the University of California School of Medicine in San Francisco.


• Scientific Validation: The effectiveness of the company’s underlying technology is documented in 150+ peer-reviewed publications including 5 papers in Science and 18 issued US patents.


• Unique Focus: SAM has strived to extend the state of the art across three generations of human neurophysiological and multimodal brain imaging systems. The company’s interdisciplinary scientists, engineers and university collaborators together constitute the world’s most advanced effort to develop automated systems that measure neurophysiological signals of human cognition.


• Product Experience: The company has developed and commercialized FDA-registered medical products embodying its advanced scientific research and engineering and proprietary intellectual property.