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Audio tone programmed hygienic and therapeutic sleep and wake eye mask having remotely controlled sunrise and sunset multimodes

US10449326B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 2017
Grant dateOct 22, 2019
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2205/8206
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An eye mask for use to wake up and/or to go to sleep provides ease of cleaning or replacement without damaging electrical or optical components; different user selectable sunrise and sunset illumination modes respectively having blue-shifted and red-shifted spectra simulating natural sunrises and sunsets to assimilate the sleep/wake cycle to the natural rhythms of day and night; sunset and/or sunrise illumination modes that oscillate with fixed period or sequentially changing periods that correspond to brainwave frequencies that respectively facilitate going to sleep and/or waking and synergistically co-operate with corresponding sunset or sunrise light fields to help the user to fall into restful sleep or to awake refreshed and alert; and audio tone programming of illumination mode and treatment time and/or duration of therapy by a remote tone control generator.

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