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US 11,730,423 B2Granted
Breathing biofeedback device
AssigneeOrna Levin
InventorAdi Wallach
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Abstract
Disclosed are biofeedback methods and devices suitable for providing biofeedback useful for helping a user control an own breathing, for example, to help in inducing deep breathing, and such biofeedback devices further comprising a dispenser for dispensing an inflatable substance.
Claims25
A biofeedback device for providing biofeedback useful for helping a user control breathing, the device comprising:
- a housing configured to be hand-held by the user;
- an exhalation inlet for receiving exhaled breath from the mouth of the user, said exhalation inlet functionally associated with an exhalation conduit including an exhalation outlet, configured so that exhaled breath received by said exhalation inlet passes through said exhalation conduit and exits through said exhalation outlet;
- physically associated with said housing, an exhalation determiner functionally associated with said exhalation inlet, configured to determine when exhaled breath is received by said exhalation inlet;
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- a reporter associated with said exhalation determiner, said reporter configured to determine an actual exhalation duration of said exhaled breath received from said exhalation determiner and to provide a signal to a user,
- wherein said signal comprises a comparison of the actual exhalation duration to a preferred exhalation duration.
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A biofeedback device for providing biofeedback useful for helping a user control breathing, the device comprising:
- a housing configured to be hand-held by the user;
- an exhalation inlet for receiving exhaled breath from the mouth of the user, said exhalation inlet functionally associated with an exhalation conduit including an exhalation outlet, configured so that exhaled breath received by said exhalation inlet passes through said exhalation conduit and exits through said exhalation outlet;
- physically associated with said housing, an exhalation determiner functionally associated with said exhalation inlet and configured to determine when exhaled breath is received by said exhalation inlet;
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- a reporter associated with said exhalation determiner, said reporter configured to:
- determine an actual exhalation duration of said exhaled breath received from said exhalation determiner,
- compare said actual exhalation duration to a preferred exhalation duration, and
- provide a signal to a user indicating whether said actual exhalation duration is less than, substantially equal to, or greater than said preferred exhalation duration.
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A biofeedback device for providing biofeedback useful for helping a user control breathing, the device comprising:
- a housing configured to be hand-held by the user;
- an exhalation inlet for receiving exhaled breath from the mouth of the user, said exhalation inlet functionally associated with an exhalation conduit including an exhalation outlet, configured so that exhaled breath received by said exhalation inlet passes through said exhalation conduit and exits through said exhalation outlet;
- physically associated with said housing, an exhalation determiner functionally associated with said exhalation inlet and configured to determine when exhaled breath is received by said exhalation inlet;
- a reporter associated with said exhalation determiner, said reporter configured to determine an actual exhalation duration of said exhaled breath received from said exhalation determiner and to provide a signal to a user;
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- a one-way valve associated with said exhalation conduit, said one-way valve configured to allow passage of exhaled breath from said exhalation inlet through said exhalation conduit and out through said exhalation outlet, and configured to prevent inhalation of air from said exhalation outlet, through said exhalation conduit and out through said exhalation inlet,
- wherein said signal comprises a comparison of the actual exhalation duration to a preferred exhalation duration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.