US 12,263,312 B2
Facial wearable device and methods for providing external stimuli using the same
Benjamin Nazarian, Los Angeles, CA (US); Jason Wersland, Los Angeles, CA (US); Jaime Sanchez Solana, Los Angeles, CA (US); Eduardo Merino, Los Angeles, CA (US); Mandar Deshmukh, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Timothy Roberts, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Therabody, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Therabody, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/484,677.
Application 18/484,677 is a division of application No. 17/933,419, filed on Sep. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,819,625.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/335,540, filed on Apr. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0033466 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 21/02 (2006.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 21/02 (2013.01) [A61N 1/36028 (2013.01); A61N 1/36031 (2017.08); A61M 2021/0022 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0066 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3303 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3561 (2013.01); A61M 2205/507 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0606 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method of providing external stimuli to a user with a facial wearable device, the method comprising:
coupling the facial wearable device to the user's facial area, the device comprising:
a heart rate sensor configured to detect heart rate data of the user,
a first vibrating member disposed in a first portion of the device, and
a second vibrating member disposed in a second portion of the device that differs from the first portion of the device;
collecting the heart rate data of the user with the heart rate sensor;
pulsating the first vibrating member and the second vibrating member at a first device pulse rate for a first period of time, wherein the first device pulse rate is based on the heart rate data of the user; and
pulsating the first vibrating member and the second vibrating member at a second device pulse rate for a second period of time after the first period of time, wherein the second device pulse rate is based on the heart rate data of the user,
wherein the first vibrating member and the second vibrating member are paired,
wherein the first vibrating member vibrates at a first intensity and the second vibrating member vibrates at a second intensity different from the first intensity, and the paired first vibrating member and the second vibrating member pulsate in a sequential rhythm to mimic a sinus rhythm of a human heartbeat; and
wherein vibration of the first vibrating member and the second vibrating member provides the external stimuli as haptic physical feedback to the user to aid the user to achieve a desired heart rate.