Respiration apparatus

A respiration stimulation apparatus for use during sleep, comprising:

• a detector sized and shaped for placement adjacent to or within a nose of a user, the detector configured to measure a respiratory cycle of the user during sleep and provide an output signal indicative of the respiratory cycle;
• a control device in communication with the detector, the control device receiving the output signal from the detector in order to monitor the respiratory cycle of the user during sleep, the control device comprising:
• an amplifier that amplifies the output signal received from the detector;
• a wave shaping circuit in communication with the amplifier, the wave shaping circuit converting the amplified output signal into a shaped signal indicative of the respiratory cycle;
• and
• a pause unit in communication with the wave shaping circuit, the pause unit analyzing the shaped received from the wave shaping circuit to determine a duration of the respiratory cycle and comparing the determined duration of the respiratory cycle to a preset period of time as defined by a signal received from a pause control circuit;
• wherein the control device emits an activation signal when the determined duration of the respiratory cycle exceeds the preset period of time defined by the signal received from the pause control circuit;
• and
• a stimulator in communication with control device, the stimulator configured to apply an acoustic stimulus to an acoustic nerve of the user receipt of the activation signal from the control device.