Patent ID: 9152768
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A61B,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A method for governing care of a person, the method comprising: determining, with a decision engine, the importance of a candidate activity relative to the importance of patient sleep continuity: and if the candidate activity is more important than sleep continuity, carrying out the activity or indicating the acceptability of carrying out the activity; and if the candidate activity is not more important than sleep continuity, refraining from carrying out the activity or indicating that the unacceptability of carrying out the activity; wherein the step of determining relative importance, with the decision engine, is a function of determining whether or not a sleep threshold value has been achieved and determining whether or not the candidate activity is considered unlikely to disrupt the patient's existing or upcoming sleep state, wherein if the step of determining relative importance determines that the candidate activity is not more important than sleep continuity, making the step of refraining block conditional on first determining that an alternate activity having a sleep disruptive potential lower than that of the candidate activity exists, redesignating the alternate activity as the candidate activity, repeating the step of determining relative importance and determining, with the decision engine, at that step that the redesignated activity is not more important than sleep continuity.