Respiration leading system
US6981943B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 6, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 25, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2021/0088
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed is a respiration leading system which can leads a living body to respire so that relaxation is effectively induced without any physiological load even if a respiration exercise feedback is not employed. This system comprises a control unit and a sense-stimulating unit. The control unit makes the sense-stimulating unit change the output energy for stimulating a sense of the living body so that the living body is induced to inhale and exhale as a physiological reaction. The energy change is done within the range of a respiration period x(sec) and a parameter y defined as 2 sec<x<12 sec and 0.85<y<1.45 (a region x≦4 sec and y≧1.3 is excluded). The parameter y is a ratio of exhaling time to inhaling time. The energy output in the first half period corresponding to either inhaling or exhaling and the energy output in the latter half corresponding to the other, induce the living body to respire.
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