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US 2018/0008189 A1Published application
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 inhalable substance.
Claims17
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 provide a signal related to an exhalation duration of said exhaled breath received from said exhalation determiner to the user,
- wherein said signal comprises a comparison to a preferred exhalation duration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.