Sleep Positional Therapy System with Paced Breathing Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic positional sleep therapy devices only provide vibratory feedback to prompt users to change their sleeping position, disrupting sleep quality and failing to assist users in falling asleep again after positional adjustment.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising posture sensors, sensory stimulators, and a controller that detects when a user breaches a posture threshold, providing sensory stimulation to adjust their position and subsequently guiding them through a paced breathing exercise to enhance sleep onset and maintain sleep quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If electronic positional sleep therapy devices provide vibratory feedback to prompt users to change sleeping position, then users can maintain proper sleeping posture, but sleep quality is disrupted and users cannot fall asleep again
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines two previously separate functions into one integrated system: (1) posture monitoring and correction via vibratory feedback, and (2) sleep assistance via guided breathing exercises. The controller coordinates both functions seamlessly, transitioning from posture correction mode to breathing guidance mode when proper posture is achieved, thereby maintaining sleep quality while ensuring proper positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous useful action by immediately transitioning from posture correction to sleep assistance. When the sensor detects proper posture, the controller seamlessly switches from vibratory feedback to guided breathing exercises, ensuring uninterrupted support for the user's sleep process without leaving them in a limbo state between correction and rest.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional Tennis Ball Technique is used to train positional sleep, then users learn to avoid back sleeping position, but no other sleep assistance is provided
Solution Approach 1:
The device achieves multi-functionality by integrating (1) positional training through discomfort feedback, (2) real-time posture monitoring with intelligent alerts, and (3) sleep assistance through breathing guidance. This universal device replaces multiple separate solutions (tennis ball technique, posture sensors, and breathing exercise apps) with a single coordinated system that adapts to different user needs throughout the sleep process.
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AI summary
The present disclosure pertains to a system and method for providing sleep positional therapy and paced breathing to a user for a sleep session. The system and method may be used to treat positional obstructive sleep apnea, positional snoring, and/or other conditions to improve sleep onset latency, relaxation, reduce blood pressure, and/or improve other physiological characteristics. The system includes a posture sensor, a sensory stimulator, a controller, and/or other components. The system is configured to generate information related to a posture of the user, determine whether the posture of the user has breached a posture threshold, provide vibrations to the user to prompt the user to change posture, and lead the user through a paced breathing exercise to help the user fall asleep.