US 12,245,979 B2
System and method for reducing stress
Vicki Mayo, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Amy Serin, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and Jack Vice, Orlando, FL (US)
Assigned to VMAS SOLUTIONS, INC., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by VMAS Solutions, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/236,992.
Application 17/236,992 is a continuation of application No. 15/976,123, filed on May 10, 2018, granted, now 11,000,437.
Application 15/976,123 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/345,916, filed on Nov. 8, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/324,023, filed on Apr. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0236370 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61H 1/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 1/00 (2013.01) [A61H 23/0245 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1635 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5046 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5064 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5082 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5084 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01); A61H 2230/065 (2013.01); A61H 2230/085 (2013.01); A61H 2230/201 (2013.01); A61H 2230/305 (2013.01); A61H 2230/505 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A method for providing a therapeutic benefit to an individual experiencing a stressful event or situation, comprising:
(a) applying at least a first handholdable stimulation device and a second handholdable stimulation device to one or more body parts of the individual comprising the individual's hands, wrists, arms, chest, legs, or ankles;
(b) receiving sensor data from two or more physiological sensors associated with the individual, wherein the two or more physiological sensors are components of one or more devices that receive two or more types of physiological data from the individual;
(c) determining whether the sensor data from one or more of the two or more physiological sensors indicates the appearance of the stressful event or situation;
(d) analyzing the sensor data from at least one other of the two or more physiological sensors to confirm the appearance of the stressful event or situation;
(e) once the stressful event or situation is confirmed, activating a first tactile stimulator in the first handholdable stimulation device to provide a first tactile stimulation for a first period during which the physiological sensor data indicates the appearance of the stressful event or situation; and
(f) activating a second tactile stimulator in the second handholdable stimulation device to apply a second tactile stimulation for a second period beginning either prior to or simultaneously with the cessation of the first time period such that the operation of the first and second tactile stimulators provides only for application of uninterrupted stimulation to the individual when the first tactile stimulator and second tactile stimulator are each still in operation, whereby, the first and second tactile stimulations are applied bilaterally to the one or more body parts of the individual wherein the first and second tactile stimulators are only activated after step (d) once the at least one other sensor of the two or more physiological sensors is analyzed and confirms the stressful event or situation, and wherein tactile stimulation is the only stimulation applied to the individual caused by the operation of the first and second stimulators; and
(g) repeating steps (b)-(f) until the sensor data falls below a mitigation threshold.