Patent SG-11201909187U-A (SG)
Title: Sleep induction device and method for inducting a change in a sleep state
Inventor: ENGEL JOB
IPC: A61M21/02
Filed: 2018-04-03
Abstract: WO 18/ 1867 39 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 11 October 2018 (11.10.2018) WIPO I PCT IiiimmomiolollmonolomonolioomlloonomovoimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/186739 Al Resp ira to ry ra te (51) International Patent Classification: A61M 21/02 (2006.01) A61B 5/00 (2006.01) A61M 21/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/NL2018/050203 (22) International Filing Date: 03 April 2018 (03.04.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 2018645 04 April 2017 (04.04.2017) NL 2018883 10 May 2017 (10.05.2017) NL (71) Applicant: SOMNOX HOLDING B.V. [NL/NL]; 12, Molengraaffsingel, 2629 JD Delft (NL). (72) Inventors: ENGEL, Job; 116, Balthasar van der Pol- weg, 2628 AW Delft (NL). JAGTENBERG, Julian; 6A, Westplantsoen, 2613 GL Delft (NL). KOOYMAN VAN GULDENER, Wouter; 19, Oudraadtweg, 2612 SL Delft (NL). ANTONISSE, Stijn; 18i, Frank van Borselenstraat, 2613 NL Delft (NL). (74) Agent: HOLLAAR, C.; EP&C, P.O. Box 3241, 2280 GE Rijswijk (NL). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (54) Title: SLEEP INDUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INDUCTING A CHANGE IN A SLEEP STATE Fig. 4 Tl T2 T4 time (57) : Sleep induction device for inducing changes during a sleep session of a user, wherein the sleep induction device com- prises at least one sensor for detecting a physiological characteristic of the user, a stimulator which is configured to provide successive stimuli to the user to anticipate on the detected physiological characteristic, which successive stimuli define a guidance path, and which guidance path is to be followed by the user to induce a change during the sleep session of the user, a memory which is arranged to store values of detected physiological characteristics, and provided stimuli during the sleep session, and a processing unit including a control programme which is programmed to determine a current sleep state of the user, which current sleep state is based on at least one detected physiological characteristic measured by the at least one sensor and which control programme is programmed to generate an initial guidance path to induce a change from the determined current sleep state to another sleep state, wherein the control programme comprises a tracking programme which is programmed to track during the sleep session a deviation of a detected physiological char- acteristic from an expected physiological characteristic which expected physiological characteristic is based on the initially provided guidance path and a tailoring programme which is programmed to tailor the initially provided guidance path during the sleep session of the user to an updated guidance path when the tracked deviation exceeds a pre-determined margin. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/186739 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMMEHMEIIMOMEHOIS SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))