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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Nightbalance B.v., The Hague, NL;
Inventors:
Thijs Van Oorschot, Leiderdorp, NL;
Eline Christiane Van Beest, The Hague, NL;
Assignee:
NIGHTBALANCE B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 21/02 (2006.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61F 5/56 (2013.01); A61M 21/02 (2013.01); G08B 21/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/4809 (2013.01); A61B 5/4815 (2013.01); A61B 5/6804 (2013.01); A61B 5/6814 (2013.01); A61B 5/6822 (2013.01); A61B 5/6823 (2013.01); A61B 5/7455 (2013.01); A61B 2505/07 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0242 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0204 (2013.01); A61B 2562/029 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0016 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0022 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0044 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0083 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01); A61M 2230/50 (2013.01); A61M 2230/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sleep posture alerting method is provided, wherein the sleep posture of a person is detected. The person is automatically alerted by a stimulus generated by an alerting device when the sleep posture is out of a predetermined body posture range. A stimulus variation is effected by the alerting device.