Asymmetric Valve Ventilation Device for Heart Coherence
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current devices fail to replicate the therapeutic benefits of diving and mindful meditation for achieving a state of heart coherence and increasing heart rate variability outside an aquatic environment, which are beneficial for managing stress, anxiety, and PTSD.
Innovation Solution
A ventilation device with specific valve configurations and sensors that impose greater expiratory effort than inspiratory effort, combined with a virtual reality system that simulates diving experiences, to induce a state of heart coherence and increase heart rate variability through controlled breathing and sensory immersion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a ventilation device is designed to replicate the therapeutic benefits of diving and mindful meditation, then heart coherence and heart rate variability can be achieved outside aquatic environment, but the device complexity increases due to specific valve configurations and sensor integration
Solution Approach 1:
The ventilation device is divided into distinct functional modules: an endpiece or mask for respiratory interface, separate inspiration and expiration valves for independent pressure control, and integrated sensors for physiological monitoring. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall system effectiveness for achieving heart coherence.
Solution Approach 2:
The ventilation device combines multiple therapeutic functions into a single system: it provides controlled respiratory ventilation with specific pressure resistance, monitors physiological parameters through integrated sensors, and delivers virtual reality sensory stimulation. This multi-functionality enables the device to replicate the comprehensive therapeutic benefits of diving and mindful meditation in one integrated system.
2Reliability
If the valve configuration imposes greater expiratory effort than inspiratory effort to increase heart rate variability, then therapeutic benefits are enhanced, but the breathing resistance parameters become more restrictive
Solution Approach 1:
The ventilation device employs asymmetric valve configuration where the expiration valve is designed to provide greater resistance (1-12 mbar) compared to the inspiration valve (0-10 mbar). This asymmetry deliberately creates greater expiratory effort to stimulate heart rate variability and achieve heart coherence, while still maintaining operability within physiological limits.
Solution Approach 2:
The device dynamically adjusts breathing resistance parameters within specific ranges: inspiration pressure resistance between 0-10 mbar and expiration pressure resistance between 1-12 mbar. These parameter changes are optimized to impose greater expiratory effort than inspiratory effort, thereby enhancing heart rate variability while remaining within safe and operable limits for the user.
3Measurement precision
If sensors are integrated to monitor physiological parameters for feedback control, then treatment precision is improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The ventilation device incorporates sensors that continuously monitor physiological parameters such as respiratory rate, heart rate, and oxygen saturation. This feedback information is used to adjust ventilation parameters in real-time, optimizing the therapeutic effect for achieving and maintaining heart coherence while ensuring safety and effectiveness of the treatment.
Solution Approach 2:
The device replaces complex mechanical feedback systems with electronic sensing and control. Instead of purely mechanical pressure regulation, electronic sensors detect physiological parameters and enable precise digital control of ventilation settings, improving measurement precision while reducing mechanical complexity through electronic substitution.
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AI summary
This invention relates to a device for ventilating a subject and a system comprising such a device, in particular a virtual reality system. It also relates to a kit comprising such a device or system, as well as a virtual reality content attached to a computer medium. The invention also relates to the applications liable to be made of these devices, system and kit, particularly in the medical, well-being and gaming fields.