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Patent US10213334
Issued 2019-02-26
Apparatus And Method For Modulating Sleep
Apparatuses and methods to enhance sleep, reduce sleep onset latency, extend sleep duration and/or increasing the duration of deeper sleep stages relative to stage 1 sleep. In general, these apparatuses and methods apply and maintain one or more target “warm” temperatures to a subject's forehead for a time period. The target temperature may be between 25° C. and 42° C. The target temperature may be a fixed amount greater than ambient temperature. The time period may be a fixed time period or a variable time period. These methods and apparatuses may limit the application of thermal energy to the subject's forehead region.
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- 1. A method of enhancing sleep in a subject, the method comprising:
securing a thermal transfer region of an applicator in contact with the subject's forehead so that the thermal transfer region does not contact the perioribtal region of the subject's face; and maintaining the temperature of the thermal transfer region within a target temperature range that is between 25 and 42° C. to enhance the subject's sleep.
- 14. A method of enhancing sleep in a subject, the method comprising:
placing a disposable interface on an applicator, wherein the disposable interface forms at least a part of a thermal transfer region of the applicator and is configured to contact the subject's forehead; securing the thermal transfer region of the applicator against the subject's forehead; and maintaining the temperature of the thermal transfer region within a target temperature range that is between 25 and 42° C. for at least 15 min, to enhance the subject's sleep.
- 19. A method of decreasing sleep onset latency, the method comprising:
securing an applicator on a subject's forehead so that a thermal transfer region of the applicator contacts the subject's forehead, wherein the thermal transfer region does not contact the perioribtal or cheek regions of the subject's face; and reducing sleep onset latency by maintaining the temperature of the thermal transfer region within a target temperature within a target temperature range that is between 25 and 42° C. for at least 15 minutes.
- 26. A method of increasing sleep duration, the method comprising:
securing an applicator on the forehead of a subject so that a thermal transfer region of the applicator contacts the subject's forehead, wherein the thermal transfer region does not contact the perioribtal or cheek regions of the subject's face; and increasing sleep duration by maintaining the temperature of the thermal transfer region within a target temperature within a target temperature range that is between 25 and 42° C. for at least 15 minutes.
