US 12,029,583 B2
System and method for providing sleep positional therapy and paced breathing
Benjamin Irwin Shelly, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Monica H Bush, Murrysville, PA (US); and Andreas Ralph Maihoefer, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/720,048.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/782,409, filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0202120 A1, Jun. 25, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 21/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/486 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4561 (2013.01); A61B 5/4806 (2013.01); A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/6831 (2013.01); A61B 5/72 (2013.01); A61B 5/7455 (2013.01); A61M 21/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); A61F 5/56 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0088 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system configured to provide sleep positional therapy and paced breathing to a user for a sleep session, the system comprising:
one or more posture sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to whether the user is lying down in a supine position or lying down in a non-supine lateral or prone position;
one or more sensory stimulators configured to provide sensory stimulation to the user; and
a controller coupled to the one or more posture sensors and the one or more sensory stimulators, the controller configured to:
determine, based on the output signals, whether the user is lying down in the supine position, and, responsive to determining that the user is lying down in the supine position, cause the one or more sensory stimulators to provide first sensory stimulation to the user to prompt the user to change posture such that the user is lying down in the non-supine lateral or prone position; and
responsive to determining that the user is lying down in the non-supine lateral or prone position, cause the one or more sensory stimulators to provide second sensory stimulation that leads the user through a paced breathing exercise configured to help the user fall asleep during the sleep session while lying down in the non-supine lateral or prone position.