# US 12,758,739 B2 · Systems and methods for reducing insomnia-related symptoms > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,758,739 B2 - Document ID: US12758739B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/794,363 - Filed: 2021-01-30 - Published: 2023-02-16 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-31 - Assignees: ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited - Applicants: ResMed Sensor Technologies Limited - Inventors: Niall O'Mahony; Cesar Lopes; Michael Wren; Redmond Shouldice - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12758739B2 ## CPC - A61M 21/02: for inducing sleep or relaxation, e.g. by direct nerve stimulation, hypnosis, analgesia (for massage A61H; electrotherapy A61N, e.g. applying alternating or intermittent electric currents for producing anaesthesia A61N1/36021) - A61M 2205/3303: Using a biosensor - A61M 2205/502: User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards - A61M 2205/52: with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A system includes a memory storing a user profile for a user of the system and machine-readable instructions and a control system including one or more processors configured to execute the machine-readable instructions to receive physiological data associated with the user during a sleep session, determine, based at least in part on the received physiological data, a set of sleep-related parameters for the sleep session, subsequent to the sleep session, select one of the set of sleep-related parameters as a targeted parameter, the selection of the targeted parameter being based at least in part on the stored user profile, the set of sleep-related parameters, or both, and cause information to be communicated to the user via a user device, the information being indicative of the targeted parameter, a recommendation associated with improving the targeted parameter for the user in one or more subsequent sleep sessions, or both. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: an electronic interface configured to receive (i) first physiological data associated with a user during a first sleep session, the first physiological data being generated by a first sensor, (ii) second data associated with the user subsequent to the first sleep session and prior to a second sleep session, and (iii) third physiological data associated with the user during the second sleep session; a memory storing machine-readable instructions; and a control system including one or more processors configured to execute the machine-readable instructions to: determine a first set of sleep-related parameters for the first sleep session based at least in part on the first physiological data, the first set of sleep-related parameters including a sleep onset latency, a number of awakenings, a frequency of awakenings, or any combination thereof; determine a first plurality of insomnia-related scores for the first sleep session, each one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores being associated with a corresponding one of the first set of sleep-related parameters, and each one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores being standardized based on previously recorded sleep-related parameters for the user, previously recorded sleep-related parameters for a plurality of other users, or any combination thereof; identify a first one of the first set of sleep-related parameters as a first targeted parameter based at least in part on a user profile associated with the user, wherein the first targeted parameter is one of the first set of sleep-related parameters that is predicted to reduce one or more insomnia-related symptoms for the user during the second sleep session; cause first information indicative of (i) the first targeted parameter, (ii) a first recommendation associated with the first targeted parameter, or both (i) and (ii) to be communicated to the user via a user device; update the user profile to include at least a portion of the determined first set of sleep-related parameters and at least a portion of the second data; determine a second set of sleep-related parameters for the second sleep session based at least in part on the third physiological data, the second set of sleep-related parameters including a second sleep onset latency, a second number of awakenings, a second frequency of awakenings, or any combination thereof; identify a second one of the second set of sleep-related parameters as a second targeted parameter based at least in part on the updated user profile; and cause second information indicative of (i) the second targeted parameter, (ii) a second recommendation associated with the second targeted parameter, or both (i) and (ii) to be communicated to the user via the user device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the user profile includes demographic information associated with the user, biometric information associated with the user, medical information associated with the user, previously-recorded sleep parameters associated with the user, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the second data includes user feedback provided by the user via the user device subsequent to the control system causing the first information to be communicated to the user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the user feedback includes an indication of user diet, an indication of user stress, an indication of user anxiety, an indication of user inhibitors, an indication of user television usage, an indication of user caffeine usage, an indication of user drug usage, an indication of user alcohol usage, an indication of user nicotine usage, an indication of user marijuana usage, an indication of user mediations, an indication of user mental illnesses, an indication of user perceived sleep quality, an indication of user perceived total sleep time, an indication of user perceived sleep onset time, an indication of physical activity of the user, an indication of user subjective sleepiness, an indication of user subjective fatigue, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the first recommendation is determined based at least in part on the user profile. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the second targeted parameter is one of the second set of sleep-related parameters that is predicted to further reduce one or more insomnia-related symptoms for the user during a third sleep session that is subsequent to the second sleep session. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the control system is further configured to determine a first plurality of insomnia-related scores, each of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores being associated with a corresponding one of the first set of sleep-related parameters. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the first information indicative of the first targeted parameter includes a first one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores that is associated with the first targeted parameter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first set of sleep-related parameters further includes a total light sleep time for the first sleep session, a total deep sleep time for the first sleep session, a total REM sleep time for the first sleep session, a total sleep time for the first sleep session, a respiration signal during at least a portion of the first sleep session, a respiration rate during at least a portion of the first sleep session, an inspiration amplitude during at least a portion of the first sleep session, an expiration amplitude during at least a portion of the first sleep session, an inspiration-expiration ratio during at least a portion of the first sleep session, one or more events during at least a portion of the first sleep session, a number of events per hour during at least a portion of the first sleep session, a pattern of events during at least a portion of the first sleep session, a sleep state during at least a portion of the first sleep session, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the control system is further configured to update the user profile subsequent to the first sleep session and prior to the second sleep session. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the control system is further configured to cause the first information to be communicated to the user via the user device subsequent to the first sleep session and prior to the second sleep session. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first set of sleep-related parameters, the second set of sleep-related parameters, or both further include a wake-after-sleep-onset parameter, a sleep efficiency, a sleep fragmentation index, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 13 A system comprising: an electronic interface configured to receive (i) first physiological data associated with a user during a first sleep session and (ii) second physiological data associated with the user during a second sleep session, the first physiological data and the second physiological data being generated by one or more sensors; a memory storing machine-readable instructions; and a control system including one or more processors configured to execute the machine-readable instructions to: determine a first set of sleep-related parameters, wherein the first set of sleep-related parameters is determined for the first sleep session based at least in part on the first physiological data, the first set of sleep-related parameters including a first sleep onset latency, a first number of awakenings, a first frequency of awakenings, or any combination thereof; determine a first plurality of insomnia-related scores for the first sleep session, each one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores being associated with a corresponding one of the first set of sleep-related parameters, and each one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores being standardized based on previously recorded sleep-related parameters for the user, previously recorded sleep-related parameters for a plurality of other users, or any combination thereof; determine that a first one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores satisfies a first predetermined condition; cause a first indication to be communicated to the user via a user device, the first indication being of (i) the first one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores, (ii) the first one of the first set of sleep-related parameters, or (iii) both (i) and (ii); determine a second set of sleep-related parameters, wherein the second set of sleep-related parameters is determined for the second sleep session based at least in part on the second physiological data, the second set of sleep-related parameters including a second sleep onset latency, a second number of awakenings, a second frequency of awakenings, or any combination thereof; determine a second plurality of insomnia-related scores for the second sleep session, each one of the second plurality of insomnia-related scores being associated with a corresponding one of the second set of sleep-related parameters, and each one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores being standardized based on previously recorded sleep-related parameters for the user, previously recorded sleep-related parameters for a plurality of other users, or any combination thereof; determine that a second one of the second plurality of insomnia-related scores satisfies a second predetermined condition; and cause a second indication to be communicated to the user via the user device, the second indication being of (i) the second one of the second plurality of insomnia-related scores, (ii) the second one of the second set of sleep-related parameter, or (iii) both (i) and (ii). ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the control system is further configured to update a user profile associated with the user based at least in part on the determined first plurality of insomnia-related scores, the determined second plurality of insomnia-related scores, or both. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the first predetermined condition is that the first insomnia-related score of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores has a highest value relative to the other ones of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores and the second predetermined condition is that the second insomnia-related score for the second sleep session is higher than the first insomnia-related score for the first sleep session. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the first predetermined condition is that the first insomnia-related score of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores has a lowest value relative to the other ones of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores and the second predetermined condition is that the second insomnia-related score for the second sleep session is lower than the first insomnia-related score for the first sleep session. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein each of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores is a numerical value scaled between a lower limit and an upper limit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, wherein the lower limit is 0 and the upper limit is 10. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the control system is further configured to execute the machine-readable instructions to determine a first recommendation for the user based at least in part on the first insomnia-related score, one or more of the first plurality of sleep-related parameters, or both; and cause an indication of the first recommendation to be communicated to the user subsequent to the first sleep session and prior to the second sleep session. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein the second predetermined condition is (i) that the second one of the second set of sleep-related parameters associated with the second insomnia-related score is the same as the first one of the first set of sleep-related parameters associated with the first insomnia-related score and the second insomnia-related score for the second sleep session is greater than the first insomnia-related score for the first sleep session or (ii) wherein the second predetermined condition is that the second sleep-related parameter associated with the second insomnia-related score is different than the first sleep-related parameter associated with the first insomnia-related score and the second insomnia-related score for the second sleep session is greater than the first insomnia-related score for the first sleep session. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein the electronic interface is configured to receive information indicative of user feedback from the user subsequent to the first sleep session and prior to the second sleep session, wherein the user feedback includes an indication of user diet, user stress, an indication of user anxiety, an indication of user inhibitors, an indication of user television usage, an indication of user caffeine usage, an indication of user drug usage, an indication of user alcohol usage, an indication of user nicotine usage, an indication of user marijuana usage, an indication of user mediations, an indication of user mental illnesses, an indication of user perceived sleep quality, an indication of user perceived sleep time, an indication of physical activity of the user, an indication of user subjective sleepiness, an indication of user subjective fatigue, a user reaction to the first indication, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The system of claim 21, wherein the control system is further configured to execute the machine-readable instructions to determine the first recommendation based at least in part on the user feedback from the user, wherein the first recommendation includes a recommended bedtime for the second sleep session, a recommended wake-up time for the second sleep session, a recommended sleep duration for the second sleep session, a recommended diet, a recommended activity, a recommended medication use, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 23 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the first set of sleep-related parameters and the second set of sleep-related parameters further include sleep a light sleep time, a deep sleep time, a REM sleep time, a total sleep time, a respiration signal, a respiration rate, an inspiration amplitude, an expiration amplitude, an inspiration-expiration ratio, one or more events, a number of events per hour, a pattern of events, a sleep state, or any combination thereof. ### Claim 24 A method comprising: receiving first physiological data associated with a user for a first sleep session; determining a first set of sleep-related parameters based at least in part on the first physiological data, the first set of sleep-related parameters including a first sleep onset latency, a first number of awakenings, a first frequency of awakenings, or any combination thereof; determining a first plurality of insomnia-related scores for the first sleep session, each one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores being associated with a corresponding one of the first set of sleep-related parameters, and each one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores being standardized based on previously recorded sleep-related parameters for the user, previously recorded sleep-related parameters for a plurality of other users, or any combination thereof; identifying a first one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores that satisfies a first predetermined condition; causing a first indication to be communicated to the user via a user device, the first indication being of (i) the first one of the first plurality of insomnia-related scores, (ii) the first one of the first set of sleep-related parameters, or (iii) both (i) and (ii); receiving second physiological data associated with a user for a second sleep session, wherein the second sleep session is subsequent to the first sleep session; determining a second set of sleep-related parameters, wherein the second set of sleep-related parameters is determined for the second sleep session based at least in part on the second physiological data, the second set of sleep-related parameters including a second sleep onset latency, a second number of awakenings, a second frequency of awakenings, or any combination thereof; determining a second plurality of insomnia-related scores, wherein the second plurality of insomnia-related scores is determined for the second sleep session, each one of the second plurality of insomnia-related scores being associated with a corresponding one of the second set of sleep-related parameters; identifying a second one of the second plurality of insomnia-related scores that satisfies a second predetermined condition; and causing a second indication to be communicated to the user via the user device, the second indication being of (i) the second one of the second plurality of insomnia-related scores, (ii) the second one of the second set of sleep-related parameters, or (iii) both (i) and (ii).