US 11,877,975 B2
Method and system for multimodal stimulation
David M. Eagleman, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Michael V. Perrotta, Houston, CA (US)
Assigned to NeoSensory, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by NeoSensory, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/045,141.
Application 18/045,141 is a continuation of application No. 17/508,670, filed on Oct. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,497,675.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/104,944, filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/170,961, filed on Apr. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0113744 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61H 23/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/12 (2006.01); A61H 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 23/0236 (2013.01) [A61B 5/128 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); A61B 5/7455 (2013.01); A61H 23/00 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5048 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a bimodal tinnitus therapy to a user, the method comprising:
at a speaker, providing a set of audio stimuli, wherein audio stimuli of the set are provided in an ordered sequence, wherein:
the ordered sequence is determined with a first randomization process; and
each of the set of audio stimuli is provided before replacement, wherein additional instances of providing the set of audio stimuli are determined with a second randomization process;
contemporaneously with providing the set of audio stimuli, providing a set of vibratory stimuli at a set of actuators arranged onboard a tactile stimulation device, wherein vibratory stimuli of the set are provided in accordance with:
a set of time delays occurring between adjacent vibratory stimuli of the set of vibratory stimuli, wherein each time delay defines a gap between an end of a vibratory stimulus and a beginning of a subsequent vibratory stimulus, wherein duration values of the set of time delays are determined with a third randomization process; and
a set of locations;
and initiating the bimodal tinnitus therapy at the tactile stimulation device.