59results about How to "Reduce snoring" patented technology

A system and method provide for reducing the snoring of a person sleeping on an adjustable bed. The system comprises a device configured with at least a microphone and a speaker, the device configured to monitor for a noise consistent with snoring. The system further comprises a control unit communicably coupled to the device and configured to actuate at least one motor of the adjustable bed to adjust at least a portion of the adjustable bed, wherein the control unit is further configured to actuate the at least one motor in response to the device detecting a noise consistent with snoring.

The present invention relates to a body support pillow made and contoured to promote side lying to reduce snoring and negate the consequences of sleep apnea and symptoms. It consists of a body support pillow with integrated, semi-rigid yet flexible support for a person's head, back, and legs while lying on their side thereby encouraging either left or right side position sleeping.

A one piece mouthpiece with a mandibular re-positioning extension for reducing snoring, and in particular, to a dental orthosis for easy engagement with the upper dentition of a person and intended to eliminate snoring. The mouthpiece is made from a deformable material with a shape complementary to a person's upper teeth and dental arch. The mouthpiece generally has an arched channel which embraces the upper teeth of a person. The mouthpiece includes an attached downward anterior mandibular extension located at the back of the top of the arch of the mouthpiece.

A thermoplastic mouthpiece may be custom fitted directly by the user to his dental arch. The mouthpiece is reusable, but is disposable at the user's discretion. The mouthpiece includes an opening at an anterior portion of the mouthpiece, the portion which keeps the wearer's lips spaced apart when the mouthpiece is properly worn in the mouth and which functions as an airway opening. With the lips slightly apart, the anterior opening allows free airflow in and out of the wearer's mouth, thereby helping to reduce snoring. The mouthpiece also includes a removable plug inserted into the airway opening to help support the opening during heating of the mouthpiece and during the imprinting of teeth by the user. This removable plug may be used as a handle when inserted in the airway opening of the mouthpiece, for the user to pick up the mouthpiece during heating and during use.

Pillow with automatic height adjustment comprises: sensor, pillow, lifting mechanism. The wire is installed on one side of the pillow. The sensor is installed on one side of bed or the bed head. The sensor is human body infrared spectrum sensor or active infrared launching and accepting sensor or ultrasonic ranging sensor or microwave ranging sensor. The wire is the sensitive element of the resistive sensor or capacitive sensor. The input terminal of the relay connects to the output terminal of the sensor. The output terminal of the relay is series or parallel with the control switch of the lift mechanism of the pillow. The pillow automatically changes the height of the pillow following the change of the sleep gesture so as to accord with the physiological curve of the human cervical vertebra.

An intelligent pillow and mattress capable of automatically monitoring a human health state is characterized in that a pressure sensor for detecting the breathing, the heartbeat and a body motion of ahuman body, an infrared body temperature monitor for detecting the temperature of a human body, an air bag for adjusting an angle of a head so as to reduce snore, a blue-tooth module for sending monitoring data to a mobile phone, and a microprocessor for data processing and control are arranged in a pillow or a mattress; the pressure sensor, the infrared body temperature monitor, the air bag andthe blue-tooth module are connected to the microprocessor; the microprocessor converts different pressure wave data of the human breathing, the heartbeat and the body motion detected by the pressure sensor into the breathing frequency and the heartbeat rate, and sends the breathing frequency data, the heartbeat rate data, and the human body temperature data to the mobile phone through the blue-tooth module; and the human health state data can be viewed through a mobile phone APP. The intelligent pillow and mattress can automatically detect the breathing, the heartbeat and the body temperatureof the human body, can adjust the angle of a head of the human body so as to reduce snore, and can play a music to help sleep.

This device reduces snoring, drooling, or talking during sleep. A small piece of cloth tape or other porous hypoallergenic material with a hypoallergenic adhesive on the back is affixed to the lips before sleeping. This small piece of tape operates like a latch to keep the mouth shut and prevents the wearer from breathing through their mouth. The wearer of the device may easily remove the device to talk, sneeze, cough, yawn, etc. when needed. The device is small, can be worn with a mustache or beard, may have a message printed on the front, may be made in various sizes and shapes, and may be a color besides white. It is packaged with a protective backing that is peeled off before using the device.

A method, system and device for addressing the reduction of snoring includes a removable or dissolvable strip of material that adhere to mucosal tissue of a person's soft palate to provide stiffening support therefore, thus reducing the occurrence of vibration of such tissue during sleep. Preferred embodiments include of a specially textured surface, either one both or at least the outer side of an adhesive strip (the side facing away from the mucosal tissue to which it is attached) that has anti-microbial characteristics, bioluminescent expressions, etc. and a surface topography that resists bioadhesion of undesired bacteria that are typically present in a human's mouth.

The Head Position Control (HPC) device significantly reduces snoring and sleep apnea by preventing the face upward positions of the head when a person lies on the back and sides. It is comprised of a cushion mounted on a band that provides means for supporting the cushion on the head. The HPC device is worn as a headband with the cushion positioned at the back of the head. When lying on the back it causes the head to roll to the extreme right or left and when lying on the sides it tilts the nose and mouth slightly downward. This eliminates the mouth and nose up positions of the head that commonly causes snoring and sleep apnea. The device has an additional benefit. As a result of rolling the head to the extreme right or left it stretches neck muscles.

A mouthpiece and method for reducing snoring comprise a mouthpiece body of a thermoplastic material having a shape generally complementary to the person's dental arch, including a posterior end having two spaced apart members positioned toward the back of the person's dental arch when properly worn, and an anterior end having an airway opening therethrough, the anterior end positioned when properly worn to support the person's lips spaced apart so that air flows through the airway opening; and a substantially rigid protective mold of a thermostable material, the protective mold protecting at least a periphery of the mouthpiece body.

The invention relates to underjaw multiposition adjusting snore-ceasing equipment. The underjaw multiposition adjusting snore-ceasing equipment comprises a palate tooth socket and a maxilla tooth socket. A titanium alloy screw is embedded into a tip end of the palate front end incisor, a titanium alloy hooking hole is embedded into the inner side of the maxilla front end incisor, and meanwhile, atitanium alloy screw hooking tip end is in contact with the titanium alloy hooking hole, so that the maxilla is supported. Mouth opening, mouth closing, and transverse motion can be easily conducted,and thus the adjustable underjaw multiposition adjusting snore-ceasing equipment is provided. The underjaw multiposition adjusting snore-ceasing equipment is simple and light in structure, is customized according to tooth forms of different patients, does not harm the teeth, is comfortable to wear, can be moved either leftwards or rightwards, and is convenient to use, and flexible to adjust.

A bioadhesive strip includes material that is removable or dissolvable in the oral cavity and adheres to the mucosal tissue of a person's oral cavity, with preferred embodiments including a specially textured surface on at least the outer side of an adhesive strip that faces away from the mucosal tissue to which it is attached and that has anti-microbial characteristics, bioluminescent expressions, etc. and a surface topography that resists bioadhesion of undesired bacteria that are typically present in a human's mouth. Methods of using the bioadhesive strip include treating snoring, sore throat conditions, GERD, NAFLD, Alzheimer's Disease, cachexia and migraines.

The invention belongs to the technical field of smart homes and discloses a smart bed system for smart sleeping posture adjustment, disinfection and mite killing. The system comprises a bed head, a bed plate and a bed body cavity part, wherein the bed head is a cavity body with an opening in the upper end, a lifting module is arranged in the cavity body, and an ultraviolet disinfection and mite killing module is mounted on the lifting module; the bed head cavity body is also internally provided with a sound detection and play module, the bed plate part is provided with a plurality of movable modules and an automatic sleeping posture detection module, and a warm air dehumidifying and ozone sterilizing module is also arranged below the bed plate; a control system is also arranged under the bed plate, and one side of the control system is provided with a wireless module electrically connected with the control system. In order to solve the problems that existing household beds are too monotonous in the functions of disinfection, mite killing, dehumidification and sleeping posture adjustment for bed bodies and bedding, research and development of the smart bed system for smart sleepingposture adjustment, disinfection and mite killing are carried out, and the smart bed system has a simple structure and high practicability.

The invention discloses an anti-snore pillow, which consists of a horizontal main pillow positioned at the upper part and a vertical subsidiary pillow positioned at the lower part; the subsidiary pillow is arranged under the middle part of the main pillow and the two pillows are connected with each other; supported by the subsidiary pillow, the two wings of the main pillow stretch to the right and the left sides to be suspended to form a space to place the arms of user. The invention is capable of maintaining a best sleeping posture with the head, the neck and the vertebra in a straight line, capable of ensuring smooth breathing and avoiding snoring; at the same time, the invention is capable of eliminating the fatigue and pain in the neck and correcting improper sleeping postures.

A breathing assistance device comprises a resiliently stretchable band member dimensioned to wrap generally around a user's head; and adhesive elements removably connected to respective ends of the band member for temporarily adhering to respective cheeks of a person. During use, the band member of the device under tension exerts a tangential pull on the skin of a person's cheeks thereby to open the person's sinuses and / or nasal passages. An adhesive element for a breathing assistance device, the adhesive element comprises a base layer having a connection element for removably connecting the base layer to a platform that is connected to a respective end of a resiliently stretchable band member of the breathing assistance device; and an adhesive layer overlying at least a portion of the base layer.

A multi-purpose bed for permitting a user to comfortably lay face-down during extended time periods may include a mattress with a linear passageway formed between top and bottom surfaces. The passageway may also extend from the center of the mattress to opposed longitudinal sides thereof. A plurality of openings, connected to the passageway, may be formed in the top surface of the mattress. A plurality of pillows may be removably attached to the top of the mattress and positioned along partial perimeters of the openings. A plurality of panels may be situated beneath the openings. A mechanism for independently adapting each of the panels between open and closed positions for permitting and prohibiting free flow of the ambient air through a corresponding one of the openings and the passageway may also be included.

A pillow having active noise reducing and dynamic correction functions comprises a pillow body, a noise acquisition microphone, a loudspeaker, a noise reducing effect correction microphone and a control box, wherein the noise reducing effect correction microphone is arranged on the side face of the pillow body, the loudspeaker is embedded into the pillow body, and a loudspeaker opening of the loudspeaker is arranged on the upper surface of the pillow body. The noise reducing effect correction microphone is embedded into the pillow body and is located between the loudspeaker and the head position of a user, and a microphone head of the noise reducing effect correction microphone is arranged on the upper surface of the pillow body. A MCU and other control parts are arranged in the control box, and the noise acquisition microphone, the loudspeaker and the noise reducing effect correction microphone are respectively connected with the MCU. The problem that noise in an open space perplexes people is solved, and the people can quietly sleep and rest. In addition, frequency, sound strength, sound waveform analysis is specially conducted on snoring sound, and judgment of snoring sound waveform trend is performed through an algorithm, and the interference of the snoring sound is more effectively eliminated.

The invention belongs to the technical field of intelligent furniture, and in particular relates to a cloud data interaction health-care mattress and a work method of the cloud data interaction health-care mattress. The cloud data interaction health-care mattress comprises a frame, a mattress body is sewn to the top of the frame, contact plates are uniformly clamped to the top of the mattress body, and air vent pipes are connected to the bottoms of the contact plates. For the cloud data interaction health-care mattress and the work method, the detachable mattress body and massage frames are arranged, for people getting used to long-time lying, after mounting is carried out according to demands, the automatic operation is carried out, a drive motor drives massage rollers to carry out humanbody massage, the human body is assisted in relaxing and rest, then the rest quality is improved, a PTC heater and an audio collector are arranged, so that the temperature of the sleeping environmentis controlled, meanwhile, the snoring sound during sleep can be collected and judged, thus hydraulic cylinders are controlled to drive support plates to carry out angle change, then the human body isconveniently subjected to posture adjustment, in addition, through side lying, the snoring phenomenon is reduced, and thus the occurrence probability of sudden diseases is reduced.

The invention discloses a titanium-alloy cervical anterior elastic underjaw-supporting snore-ceasing device which comprises an elastic device, a positioning plate, an underjaw-supporting plate, underjaw-supporting sponge and fixing belts. The elastic device comprises a synthetic adhesive fabric and a titanium-alloy elastic wire net braided in the fabric to serve as a framework, the synthetic adhesive fabric is oval, the two ends of the whole elastic body upwarp, one surface of the underjaw-supporting sponge is fixed to the bottom of the underjaw-supporting plate, and the other surface of the underjaw-supporting sponge is fixed to the upper end of the elastic device. The positioning plate is arranged in the middle of the elastic device, and the fixing belts are arranged on two sides of the middle respectively. The titanium-alloy cervical anterior elastic underjaw-supporting snore-ceasing device is simple, practical, convenient to carry, light, comfortable and good in snore-ceasing effect.

A wearable device for snoring including a head support and harness configured to retain the head support between the chin and the collar bone of the user-wearer when worn. The harness having an adjustable attachment mechanism for a variety of adjustment lengths around the neck of the user-wearer. The device provides a means by which to deter snoring and provide a more restful sleep while offering a variety of positions of the head with respect to the body.

The invention belongs to the field of anti-snoring medical devices, and relates to an anti-snoring device and method based on DSP sound and image recognition technology. Indoor environment sound is collected by a snore collecting system, and snore is quickly recognized on the DSP. If a user is snoring, head position information of the user is collected by an image collecting system, and the head is positioned on the DSP by using an image recognition algorithm. Then, a PWM air pump motor speed regulating inflation unit and an air valve deflation unit control inflation and deflation of air bags,so that the head position and sleep posture of the user are adjusted, the respiratory tract of the user is kept unobstructed, and the snoring frequency is reduced. The snore made by a snorer can be quickly and accurately recognized by a snore recognition algorithm, and the false recognition rate of the snore is reduced; and the head of the user is quickly positioned at dark night by the image recognition algorithm, so that adjustment efficiency of the head position and sleep posture are improved, sleep quality of the user is guaranteed, and the incidence rate of various diseases caused by snoring is reduced.

The invention provides a household interactive intelligent pillow which comprises a first pillow body and a second pillow body, the first pillow body is in interactive connection with the second pillow body, the first pillow body and the second pillow body are located in the same room, and a first judgment module is used for judging whether the snore of a second snore monitoring module exceeds a preset value or not when a first control end receives the snore of the second snore monitoring module, the sleep state of the first pillow user is judged according to a first sleep state monitoring module; if the sleep state of the first pillow user is a waking state or a light sleep state, the first judgment module sends the sleep state to a second sleep posture adjustment module through a first control end; and the second sleep posture adjustment module is used for receiving the sleeping state information of the first judgment module, and adjusting the sleeping posture of the second pillow user when the sleeping state of the first pillow user is a waking state or a light sleeping state so as to reduce the influence of snore on the first pillow user.

The invention relates to a method for preventing holding breath during snoring which comprises: supporting the patients' lower chin and making them breathe with nose, making mouth filled with saliva and making pharynx and tongue in proper positions during sleeping. The invention also relates to a cap made with the method, which comprises: cap body, cap belt and chin supporting device. On the edge of cap are equipped with notch and cap belt; on the cap belt are equipped with button-rings; the chip supporting devices includes a wide supporting pad which has a position limiting hole on the middle and a strip flat belt which has join buttons on the two ends; between the two sides of the cap edge notch is equipped with elastic band and locking belt.

A pillow supports alternate regions of a user's head depending upon the recumbent position of the user. When a user is in a supine position, the user's head rests on a central neck roll region which supports the occipital region of the user's head, maintaining it centered around a saddle point in the upper surface of the central neck roll region. When a user rolls into a lateral decubitus position, the user's head rolls onto a lateral cranial support region such that the center of gravity of the user's head is positioned approximately at the point on the upper surface of the lateral cranial support region that provides maximal support.

The invention provides a medical bed with an anti-snoring function, and relates to the field of medical instruments. The bed comprises a bed board, one side of the bed board is rotatably connected with a rotating plate, two sides of the bottom portion of the bed board are respectively fixedly connected with a first supporting leg and a second a support leg, a support plate is fixedly connected toone side of the first support leg, the top of the support plate is rotatably connected with a rotating shaft, the surface of the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with a first gear, one side of thefirst gear is meshed with a second gear, the axis center of of the second gear is fixedly connected to a screw rod, and a thread sleeve is in threaded connection with the surface of the screw rod. According to the bed, the rotation of the rotating shaft drives the screw rod to rotate, the screw rod drives the thread sleeve to move, the thread sleeve drives the rotating plate to rotate, and the sleeping posture of a patient is adjusted by changing the height of the head of the patient, thereby adjusting the breathing of the patient, reducing the snoring of the patient, avoiding effect of snoring on the body of the patient, and avoiding affecting others.