Patent ID: 8630712
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of stimulating respiration in a user during sleep, comprising: receiving an output signal from a detector configured to detect a respiratory cycle of a user; analyzing the output signal received from the detector to identify a disturbance in the respiratory cycle of the user; causing a stimulator to apply a sound wave stimulation to an acoustic nerve of the user according to a first stimulation profile that limits the sound wave stimulation to a level that prevents full arousal of the user in response to identifying the disturbance in the respiratory cycle of the user; analyzing the user's responses to the sound wave stimulation applied according to the first stimulation profile for a plurality of identified disturbances in the respiratory cycle of the user; and causing the stimulator to apply a sound wave stimulation to the acoustic nerve of the user according to a second stimulation profile different than the first stimulation profile in response to identifying a further disturbance in the respiratory cycle of the user, the second stimulation profile limiting the sound wave stimulation to a level that prevents full arousal of the user.