Patent ID: 8979730
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: A61B,G09B,G16H,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of providing cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia with a cognitive behavioral therapy system, the system comprising a communication assembly, a sensor system, one or more processing units, and a display, said method comprising the steps of: monitoring a patient's sleep with the communication assembly, the one or more processing units, and the sensor system, the sensor system having at least one unobstrusive sensor, said sensor system structured to detect sleeping activity data; gathering patient input data with the one or more processing units, at least one of the one or more processing units having an input assembly configured to gather patient input data, wherein the input data indicates a severity of an effect of the patient's insomnia on daytime activities; creating a patient sleep profile by combining, with the one or more processing units, said patient input data and said sleeping activity data; determining a course of therapy by analyzing, with the one or more processing units, said patient sleep profile; and presenting said course of therapy to said patient with the display.