Segmented Transcutaneous Vibration for Adaptive Autonomic Modulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods lack effective ways to modulate and balance the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system to achieve specific health states or conditions, such as calmness, focus, or performance, especially in a dynamic and personalized manner.
Innovation Solution
The system employs transcutaneous vibratory outputs with variable parameters like pitch and intensity, generated by a processor, to stimulate the autonomic nervous system based on user input, sensor data, and environmental feedback, adjusting parameters to achieve and maintain target states through transcutaneous vibratory stimulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single transcutaneous vibratory output is applied, then the device complexity is low, but the ability to dynamically modulate and balance sympathetic and parasympathetic branches is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The vibratory output is divided into multiple segments with different frequencies and intensities. The processor generates a first vibratory segment at a first frequency and a second vibratory segment at a second frequency, allowing independent modulation of sympathetic and parasympathetic branches without requiring multiple separate devices
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts vibratory parameters based on real-time physiological feedback. The processor modifies frequency, intensity, and timing of vibratory segments in response to sensed autonomic nervous system activity, enabling adaptive modulation while maintaining a single integrated device architecture
2Reliability
If transcutaneous vibratory output parameters are continuously adjusted to achieve target states, then the effectiveness in achieving health states is improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring physiological state changes increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates physiological sensors that continuously monitor autonomic nervous system activity (heart rate, respiratory rate, skin conductance) and feed this information back to the processor. The processor uses this feedback to automatically adjust vibratory output parameters, creating a closed-loop control system that reliably achieves target states while automating the detection and measurement process
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-adjustment based on内置 physiological monitoring. The processor autonomously interprets sensor data and modifies vibratory parameters without requiring external intervention or complex manual assessment protocols, reducing the operational difficulty of detecting and responding to physiological state changes
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AI summary
Systems and methods of delivering a therapeutic session to affect a mental or an emotional state of a user include providing a wearable stimulation device having a transducer adapted to generate tactile transcutaneous vibratory output; with a user interface, obtaining data regarding an event to be experienced by the user; communicating the data regarding an event to be experienced by the user to a computer processor; with the computer processor, creating a therapeutic session parameters comprising the following steps: assigning a set of contiguous output segments for the event, and based on the event, assigning a perceived pitch of transcutaneous vibratory output and a perceived beat of transcutaneous vibratory output to each output segment; sending, from the computer processor, the therapeutic session parameters to the transducer; and generating, with the transducer, transcutaneous vibratory output for the therapeutic session based on the therapeutic session parameters.