Treating sleep deprivation using anesthetic agent
OwnerJohn Shermaninventor
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Abstract
A method for treating a person having sleep deprivation includes actively inducing unconsciousness in a person by administering an anesthetic agent to the person; determining an indication of a stage of sleep of the unconscious person by monitoring brainwaves of the person; and maintaining, for a predetermined period of time, the person in a state of sleep indicated to be deep sleep by adjusting the amount of the anesthetic agent being administered to the person. Preferably, the anesthetic agent is administered for about seven hours at different rates, and no surgical or other medical operation is performed. The anesthetic agent preferably is administered for the sole purpose of treating sleep deprivation.
Claims20
A method for treating a person having sleep deprivation, comprising the steps of:
- (a) actively inducing unconsciousness in a person by administering an anesthetic agent to the person;
- (b) determining an indication of a stage of sleep of the unconscious person by monitoring brainwaves of the person;
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- (c) maintaining, for a predetermined period of time, the person in a state of sleep indicated in said step (b) to be deep sleep by adjusting the amount of the anesthetic agent being administered to the person.
A method for treating a person having sleep deprivation, comprising the steps of:
- (a) actively inducing unconsciousness in a person by administering an anesthetic agent to a person;
- (b) determining an indication of a stage of sleep of the unconscious person by monitoring brainwaves of the person;
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- (c) maintaining, for a predetermined period of time, the person in a state of sleep indicated in said step (b) to be deep sleep by adjusting a rate at which the anesthetic agent is administered to the person;
- (d) wherein said step (a) comprises,
- (i) administering the anesthetic agent at an initial rate such that the person initially experiences a state of sleep indicated in said step (b) to be sleep stages 1 and 2, and
- (ii) thereafter, administering the anesthetic agent at a second rate approximately twice that of the initial rate such that the person experiences the deep sleep of said step (c).
A method for treating a person having sleep deprivation, comprising the steps of:
- (a) actively inducing a sleep-like state in a person by administering an anesthetic agent to a person;
- (b) determining an indication of a stage of sleep of the person by monitoring brainwaves of the person;
- (c) maintaining, for a predetermined period of time, the person in a sleep-like state indicated in said step (b) to be deep sleep by adjusting the amount of the anesthetic agent being administered to the person;
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- (d) minimizing residual effects of the anesthetic agent in the person upon awakening of the person.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.