Optimized effectiveness based sleep aid management

a technology of effectiveness and sleep aids, applied in the field of optimal effectiveness based sleep aid management, can solve the problems of unresolved questions about the appropriate dose and formulation of melatonin for the adjustment of circadian rhythms, and achieve the effect of reducing outcome differences and optimizing the effectiveness of exogenous melatonin

US20220020286A1Pending Publication Date: 2022-01-20KONINKLJIJKE PHILIPS NV
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2022-01-20

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Abstract

A melatonin optimization system detects users' hormone sensitivity through sleep architecture monitoring and recommends a dose of melatonin personalized to each user in relation to the user's behaviors, needs and health conditions. Determining an optimized melatonin dose requires accurate prediction of non-intervention sleep onset latency for the upcoming sleep period so that the dose can be based on the difference between the user's desired sleep onset latency and the predicted non-intervention sleep onset latency. The system can use either a general population-based sleep onset latency prediction model or a machine learning model trained to be personalized for each user.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 63 / 054,197, filed on 20 Jul. 2020. This application is hereby incorporated by reference herein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The disclosed concept pertains to methods and systems for effectively administering sleep aids, and, in particular, to methods and systems for optimizing sleep through the administration of exogenous melatonin.2. Description of the Related Art

[0003] In 2016, 27 percent of people in a new Consumer Reports survey of 4,023 U.S. adults said they had trouble falling asleep or staying asleep most nights, and 68 percent—or an estimated 164 million Americans—struggled with sleep at least once a week. Of interest, approximately 5.2% of the 2002 NHIS Alternative Health / Complementary and Alternative Medicine supplement survey respondents reported using melatonin and 27.5% of those users reported insomnia as a reason for taking the ...

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[0013]As used herein, the singular form of “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

[0014]As used herein, the statement that two or more parts or components are “coupled” shall mean that the parts are joined or operate together either directly or indirectly, i.e., through one or more intermediate parts or components, so long as a link occurs.

[0015]As used herein, the term “number” shall mean one or an integer greater than one (i.e., a plurality).

[0016]As used herein, the term “controller” shall mean a number of programmable analog and / or digital devices (including an associated memory part or portion) that can store, retrieve, execute and process data (e.g., software routines and / or information used by such routines), including, without limitation, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), a programmable system on a chip (PSOC), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a microproc...