Device, method, and app for facilitating sleep
AssigneeNeuroenhancement Lab, LLC
InventorAlexander Poltorak
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Abstract
A device, system, and method for facilitating a sleep cycle in a subject, comprising selecting a waveform from a plurality of waveforms derived from brainwaves of at least one sleeping donor, wherein said waveform corresponds to at least one specific stage of sleep; and stimulating the subject with at least one stimulus, wherein said at least one stimulus is at least one of an auditory stimulus and a visual stimulus modulated with the selected waveform to entrain the brain of the subject with the selected waveform to facilitate sleep in the subject.
Claims20
A method of facilitating sleep using brain stimulation, comprising:
- providing data defining a plurality of waveforms in a memory;
- retrieving a selected waveform from the memory, selectively dependent on at least one of a determined sleep phase of a human subject and a predetermined sequence;
- and
- stimulating the human subject with a stimulus modulated according to the selected waveform, to facilitate sleep in the human subject.
A method of generating a waveform for neuromodulation to improve sleep in a subject, the method comprising:
- collecting EEG recordings from at least one sleeping donor for a plurality of sleep stages;
- grouping a plurality of portions of the EEG recordings corresponding to the plurality of sleep stages, into a plurality of groups corresponding to the plurality of sleep stages;
- analyzing each group using a statistical analysis;
- extracting a cortical signature corresponding characteristic of each analyzed group;
- generating a waveform based on the characteristic cortical signature for each of the plurality of sleep stages;
- and
- modulating a stimulus for the subject according to the generated waveforms for the plurality of sleep stages.
A mobile device contained within a housing, comprising:
- a microprocessor;
- an electrical power source, electrically coupled with the microprocessor;
- a wireless communication transceiver, electrically coupled with the microprocessor;
- at least one microphone port, electrically coupled with the microprocessor, configured to receive an electrical signal corresponding to a sound;
- at least one camera port electrically coupled with the microprocessor, configured to receive an electrical signal corresponding to an image;
- a display, electrically coupled with the microprocessor;
- at least one speaker port, electrically coupled with the microprocessor, configured to generate an electrical signal corresponding to a sound;
- a non-volatile memory and electrically coupled with the microprocessor, configured to store at least one app downloadable through the wireless communication transceiver for controlling the microprocessor, said at least one downloadable app being configured to:
- (a) select a waveform from a plurality of waveforms derived from brainwaves of at least one sleeping donor, wherein said waveform corresponds to at least one a specific stage of sleep, a gender, and an age group;
- and
- (b) define a stimulus for stimulation of a subject, selected from the group consisting of at least one of an auditory stimulus generated through the at least one speaker, and a visual stimulus generated through the display, modulated with the selected waveform, and adapted to entrain the brain of the subject with the selected waveform to facilitate sleep in the subject;
- wherein at least one of the selection of the waveform and the definition of the stilulus is responsive to the at least one microphone or the at least one camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.