Non-Invasive Handling of Sleep Apnea, Snoring and Emergency Situations
OwnerMoshe Hayik, Ovadia Sagivinventors
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Abstract
A monitoring non-invasive device for handling of sleep apnea, snoring and emergency situations operates for breathing assistance by means of transdermal stimulation of muscle groups including the pectoralis majoris, the serratus anterior, and the abdominal muscles. A wrist mounted version may alarm drivers or others requiring focus or concentration when they fall asleep and may alert a medical center. The invention may have a pulse oximeter on a person's wrist/finger to monitor their breathing while asleep, and in the event of a serious snoring or sleep apnea episode, activate the breathing assistance pulses.
Claims24
A sleep apnea, snoring, emergency situations and breath assistance device for use by a person having a body, and an arm, such arm having a wrist, a hand, and fingers, the person engaged in autonomic breath, the sleep apnea, snoring, emergency situations and breath assistance device comprising:
- a device body having a shape dimensioned and configured to be worn on such arm;
- a control module including a CPU within the device body;
- a first electrode in contact with such arm, the control module having operative electrical connections to the first electrode;
- an RF communication module;
- at least one sensor of at least one physiological parameter;
- the control module further comprising an analysis module operative to receive data from the sensor and analyze the data to determine if such person is exhibiting such autonomic breath and if such person is not exhibiting such autonomic breath, the control module further operative to carry out one task selected from the group consisting of:
- send a first pulse train to the first electrode, make an alert noise, make an alert vibration, communicate via the RF communication module, communicate via the RF communication module with a vehicle, communicate via the RF communication module with a first preferred remote terminal, and combinations thereof.
A sleep apnea, snoring, emergency situations and breath assistance device for use by a person having a body, skin, a mouth, airways, first, second, third, and fourth pairs of abdominal muscles, and chest muscles including pectoral muscles and serratus anterior muscles, the sleep apnea, snoring, emergency situations and breath assistance device comprising:
- a control module having operative electrical connections to a plurality of dermal electrodes attached to such skin of such person, the control module small enough to be worn on such person body;
- a first one of the dermal electrodes disposed on such skin of such person at one such chest muscle;
- a second one of the dermal electrodes disposed on such skin of such person at one such abdominal muscle;
- the control module having a stimulation module operative to send a first pulse train to such chest muscle and a second pulse train to such abdominal muscle;
- the first pulse train operative to stimulate such chest muscle so as to cause a first contraction of such chest muscle;
- the second pulse train operative to stimulate such abdominal muscle so as to cause a second contract of such abdominal muscle;
- whereby at least one breath is stimulated.
A method of breath assistance for use by a person having skin, a mouth, airways, first, second, third, and fourth pairs of abdominal muscles, and chest muscles including pectoral muscles and serratus anterior muscles, the breath assistance method comprising the steps of:
- sending a first pulse train controlled by a first set of parameters to a first electrode disposed on such skin of such person at one such chest muscle, the first pulse train operative to stimulate such chest muscle so as to cause a first contraction of such chest muscle;
- sending a second pulse train to a second electrode disposed on such skin of such person at a first such abdominal muscle, the second pulse train operative to stimulate such abdominal muscle so as to cause a first contraction of such abdominal muscle;
- whereby at least one assisted breath is stimulated.
A sleep apnea, snoring, emergency situations and breath assistance device for use by a person having a body, skin, a mouth, airways, first, second, third, and fourth pairs of abdominal muscles, and chest muscles including pectoral muscles and serratus anterior muscles, the breath assistance device comprising:
- a control module having operative electrical connections to a plurality of zone group stimulators attached to such skin of such person, the control module small enough to be worn on such person body;
- a first one of the zone group stimulators disposed on such skin of such person at at least one such chest muscle;
- a second one of the zone group stimulators disposed on such skin of such person at at least one such abdominal muscle;
- the control module having a stimulation module operative to send a first pulse train to such chest muscle and a second pulse train to such abdominal muscle;
- the first pulse train operative to stimulate such chest muscle so as to cause a first contraction of such chest muscle, the contraction of such chest muscle thereby causing a second contraction of such airways;
- the second pulse train operative to stimulate such abdominal muscle so as to stimulate at least one breath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.