US 12,329,970 B2
Method and device of determining optimal complex stimuli for tinnitus treatment
Jae Jun Song, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to NEURIVE Co., Ltd., Gimbae-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/439,001
Filed by NEURIVE Co., Ltd., Gimbae-si (KR)
PCT Filed Aug. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/010948
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/039285, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305262 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36036 (2017.08) [H04R 25/75 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A method of determining optimal complex stimuli for tinnitus treatment, the method comprising:
identifying two or more sound stimuli selected by a user input from among a plurality of sound stimuli;
identifying two or more electrical stimuli selected by the user input from among a plurality of electrical stimuli;
determining a first complex stimulus sequence of a plurality of complex stimuli in which the two or more selected sound stimuli and the two or more selected electrical stimuli are combined, wherein each of the plurality of complex stimuli consists of a sound stimulus selected from among the two or more sound stimuli and an electrical stimulus selected from among the two or more electrical stimuli;
applying the plurality of complex stimuli in the first complex stimulus sequence to a user, wearing a tinnitus treatment device, according to the determined first complex stimulus sequence;
changing at least one of a duration of each of one or more complex stimuli among the plurality of complex stimuli in the first complex stimulus sequence and a stimulus order between two or more complex stimuli among the plurality of complex stimuli in the first complex stimulus sequence on the basis of an effect diagnosis score for each of the plurality of complex stimuli in the first complex stimulus sequence;
determining a second complex stimulus sequence of the plurality of complex stimuli based on the changed at least one of the duration and the stimulus order; and
applying the plurality of complex stimuli in the second complex stimulus sequence to the user, wearing the tinnitus treatment device, according to the determined second complex stimulus sequence.