Sleep aid
OwnerLaurie GROVES, Michael STARKWEATHERinventors
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Abstract
A sleep aid device for inducing and/or maintaining sleep which includes a fluid-filled mattress, a fluid pump sealably connected to the mattress, and a control module. The fluid pump modulates fluid into and/or out of the mattress, which may simulate the feel and/or sound of a human breathing. Also, the sleep aid device may include a heartbeat module which simulates the feel and/or sound of a human heartbeat. Further disclosed is a method of inducing and/or maintaining sleep by simulating the sound and/or feel of breathing and/or heartbeat, and controlling the rates of the simulated breathing and/or heartbeat to induce and/or maintain sleep.
Claims20
A sleep aid for assisting the modification of a breathing rate in a human, comprising:
- a substantially flexible mattress configured to receive a fluid;
- a fluid pump on fluid communication with the substantially flexible mattress and configured to pump the fluid at a modulated rate;
- and
- a control module functionally coupled to the fluid pump and configured to determine the modulated rate.
A method of assisting the modification of a breathing rate in a human, comprising the steps of:
- placing the human on a substantially flexible mattress configured to receive a fluid;
- modulating the fluid into the mattress at a first modulate rate;
- and
- modulating the fluid into the mattress at a second modulate rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.