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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2017
Thync Global, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
William J. Tyler, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Alyssa M. Boasso, Brookline, MA (US);
Hailey M. Mortimore, Boston, MA (US);
Sumon K. Pal, Boston, MA (US);
Jonathan Charlesworth, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thync Global, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for improving sleep by transdermal electrical stimulation (TES). In general, described herein are methods for applying TES to a subject, and particularly the subject's head (e.g., temple/forehead region) and/or neck with an TES waveform adapted to improve sleep, including reducing sleep onset (falling to sleep) more quickly and/or lengthening the duration of sleep. TES waveform(s) particularly well suited to enhancing sleep are also described herein.