US 12,249,234 B2
Systems, devises, and methods including a heartbeat mimetic
Fernando Juan Hernandez, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to THUMP, INC., Atlanta, GA (US)
Appl. No. 17/775,125
Filed by THUMP, INC., Atlanta, GA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/059566
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/092511, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/932,349, filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0383713 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 7/00 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G10K 15/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 7/00 (2013.01) [G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G10K 15/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/6801 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable device, comprising
a heartbeat mimetic unit configured to generate an acoustic stimulus that mimics a heartbeat, the heartbeat mimetic unit including electrical circuitry configured to generate a pulsed acoustic stimulus having at least a first heart sound and a second heart sound, the first heart sound comprising a first music octave and the second heart sound comprising a second music octave different from the first music octave;
a warm-touch unit configured to generate a thermal stimulus; and
a controller unit operably coupled to the heartbeat mimetic unit and the warm touch unit, the controller unit configured to activate at least one of the heartbeat mimetic unit or the warm-touch unit.