Methods and devices for relieving stress

A device, stress technology, applied in the field of stress relief and devices that can solve problems such as addiction, high cost of money and time, and difficulty in assessing efficacy

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-02-06
RESPIRONICS
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However, each of these therapies involves a high cost in money and time
In addition, the efficacy of these treatments is often less than complete and sometimes almost non-existent
Said effects are often difficult to assess and are often only temporary
Furthermore, pharmacological treatments often have side effects, and some may even be addictive
Furthermore, despite all these available alternatives, stress is still responsible for over 80% of all medical visits (directly or indirectly)

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[0079] Research has shown that controlled breathing can shift the balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches. Three specific respiratory components interactively determine the amount of parasympathetic innervation. These three components include frequency, tidal volume, and expiratory / inspiratory ratio. In general, parasympathetic activity can be increased by decreasing respiratory rate, increasing respiratory volume, and / or increasing the expiratory / inspiratory ratio. Thus, altering these three variables has the potential to increase parasympathetic activity sufficiently effectively to elicit a relaxation response in a non-invasive, simple and inexpensive manner, and without negative side effects.

[0080] In general, biofeedback methods and devices involve training procedures that enable a subject to promote changes in behavior or activity in order to improve or maintain one or more physiological functions. Over time, subjects can be trained to exercise a...

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Easy to use, cost-effective methods and devices for evaluating and treating stress and thereby disorders caused or exacerbated by stress are provided. More particularly methods and devices for identifying RSA waves during respiration which provide a subject with realtime RSA wave information are provided. These methods and devices also can be used to identify drop points in RSA waves. Such methods and devices provide subjects with the ability to maintain parasympathetic outflow and thereby prevent and / or reduce levels of stress.

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[0001] related application [0002] This application is a continuation-in-part of US Application No. 11 / 084,456, filed March 18, 2005, and claims priority and benefit thereof. This application also claims priority and benefit to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 673,148, filed April 20, 2005, U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 673,627, filed April 21, 2005, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 673,627, filed April 21, 2005, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 705,883 filed on April 4. The contents of each of the applications cited above are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. technical field [0003] The present invention relates to methods for assessing and treating stress and stress-related disorders. More specifically, the present invention relates to biofeedback devices and methods for enhancing parasympathetic neural activity by providing information about respiratory sinus arrhythmia patterns. Background technique [0004] While many stress...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/08
Inventor M·伍德A·福布斯K·赖斯
Owner RESPIRONICS
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