Patent ID: 8932218
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method, employing a real time heart rate variability (RT-HRV) monitor having a display showing the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) components of a subject's autonomic nervous system (ANS), for determining the fundamental frequency of the ANS of the subject and treating the subject, the method comprising: applying at least an external stimulus to the subject, at a first frequency; sweeping the frequency of the external stimulus from the first frequency to a second, different, frequency; monitoring, by means of the RT-HRV monitor and display, during the sweeping step the SNS component and the PSNS component of the ANS; determining when the subject has entered into a state of homeostasis, at which time the SNS and the PSNS are about equal as shown on the display; determining a frequency of the applied external stimulus that corresponds to the state of homeostasis of the subject; selecting as the fundamental frequency of the subject the determined frequency; and treating the subject for a predetermined period of time by initially applying the external stimulus at least at the fundamental frequency to achieve and maintain the subject in a state of homeostasis.