Bilateral Stimulation EMDR System for Self-Administered Therapy

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Solution Overview

Problem

The insufficient availability of trained personnel for EMDR therapy and the need for patients to frequently visit clinics for treatment sessions pose challenges in delivering effective psychotherapy, especially in cases of mass disasters or resource constraints.

Innovation Solution

An EMDR therapy system comprising bilateral stimulation devices, a computer application, and input devices for patient feedback, which allows self-administered treatment sessions with customizable sensory stimuli and remote or local data management to optimize therapy delivery.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If EMDR therapy is performed by trained personnel in clinics, then treatment effectiveness is ensured, but personnel availability is insufficient and clinic visits are required frequently

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetreatment effectivenessVSAvoidpersonnel availability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables patients to perform EMDR therapy sessions independently at home using automated bilateral stimulation devices and computer-based protocols, eliminating the need for trained personnel to be present during each session while maintaining treatment effectiveness through structured guidance and progress tracking

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces automated bilateral stimulation devices and computer software as intermediaries between the therapist's initial treatment plan and the patient's ongoing self-administered sessions, allowing treatment protocols to be delivered consistently without requiring continuous human intervention

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If multiple bilateral stimulation devices are used simultaneously, then stimulation effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvestimulation effectivenessVSAvoidnumber of stimulation devices

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs multiple types of bilateral stimulation devices (visual, auditory, tactile) that can be used individually or in combination, allowing the same therapeutic protocol to be delivered through different sensory modalities depending on patient preference and response, thereby managing complexity through functional equivalence rather than requiring all devices simultaneously

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250228736A1EMDR therapy system

Publication Date: 2025.07.17 CHILL ME LTD

AI summary

An EMDR therapy system having one or more bilateral stimulation devices, an application program executed on a computer for activating a stimulation of the bilateral stimulation device, an input device through which a patient provides his distressing mood rating to the system before and after each treatment session, and computer code for determining characteristics of the stimulation for a next treatment session, according to past ratings of the patient.