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US 12,213,932 B2Granted
Applying predetermined sound to provide therapy
AssigneeSound Health Systems, Inc.
InventorsParamesh Gopi, Bryant Lin, Peter Hwang
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Abstract
A system, method and device for providing sound-based therapies to a user. The system, method, and device employ an initial measurement about a user (either or both distances on said user's head or recorded sound), a determination of a resonant frequency, and a wearable actuator affixed on said user's person with the ability to provide a unique resonant frequency to the user. The aspects disclosed herein may also incorporate microphones to optimize and monitor the treatment.
Claims14
A system for applying therapy, comprising:
- a data store comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program of instructions;
- a processor that executes the program of instructions, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive an image of an exterior portion of a face of a user,
- receive characteristics about the user wearing a wearable actuator from the image, wherein the received characteristics are defined by at least two measured crano-facial points,
- wherein at least two measured crano-facial points are configured to be defined by at least two of the following:
- a distance between an eye edge of the user and a nostril edge of the user,
- a distance between the nostril edge of the user's nose and a nasal midpoint of the user's nose,
- a distance between a top portion of the user's nose and a top of the user's teeth,
- a distance between a lowest point of the user's eye socket to the top of the user's teeth, and
- a distance from an end of the user's nose cartilage to the top of the user's teeth;
- determine, based on the received characteristics, a resonant frequency associated with the user;
- communicate to the wearable actuator the resonant frequency, and
- drive the wearable actuator to apply the resonant frequency to the user;
- wherein the wearable actuator is configured to be worn on a frontal sinus of the user and to deliver the resonant frequency via sound.
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A method for applying sound to a sinus of a patient, the method comprising:
- providing a wearable actuator configured to be worn by the patient receiving the sound to the sinus;
- the wearable actuator further comprising:
- a data store comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program of instructions;
- a processor that executes the program of instructions, and is electrically coupled to the wearable actuator, and wherein the processor is adapted for:
- receiving a characteristic about the patient from an image of an exterior of the patient's face captured by a personal electronic device, wherein the characteristic is defined by at least two measured crano-facial points;
- wherein the at least two measured crano-facial points are configured to be defined by at least two of the following:
- a distance between an eye edge of the patient and a nostril edge of the patient,
- a distance between the nostril edge of the patient's nose and a nasal midpoint of the patient's nose,
- a distance between a top portion of the patient's nose and a top of the patient's teeth,
- a distance between a lowest point of the patient's eye socket to the top of the patient's teeth, and
- a distance from an end of the patient's nose cartilage to the top of the patient's teeth;
- determining at least one volume from the characteristic;
- calculating a resonant frequency from the determined volume of the patient;
- applying sound via the resonant frequency to at least one paranasal sinus on the patient's head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.