US 12,070,295 B2
System and method for determining a sleep onset, sleep arousal, and sleep awakening
Marcio Marc Abreu, Aventura, FL (US)
Assigned to Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp., Aventura, FL (US)
Filed by Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp., Aventura, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/584,987.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/737,366, filed on Sep. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0100682 A1, Apr. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/117 (2016.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/369 (2021.01); G16H 50/30 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 5/01 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0022 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sleep enhancement system comprising: a temperature sensor configured to read a brain temperature signal of a sleeping user by way of an Abreu brain thermal tunnel (ABTT) terminus, the temperature sensor configured to transmit a signal corresponding to the brain temperature signal; at least one temperature modification device configured to be in direct or indirect contact with the user; a processor configured to receive the signal transmitted by the temperature sensor, to identify from the signal temperature over time to determine a temperature slope having an angle indicative of pre-awakening, and to send a signal to the at least one temperature modification device to decrease temperature applied to the user to suppress the slope angle of the temperature slope, wherein decreasing the temperature slope reduces temperature overshoot on awakening.