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Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);

Inventors:

John Trotter, Sudbury, MA (US);

Kathleen Kremer, Southborough, MA (US);

Harsh Anilkant Mankodi, Brighton, MA (US);

Assignee:

Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0472 (2013.01); A61N 1/36017 (2013.01); A61N 1/36036 (2017.08); A61N 1/36038 (2017.08); A61N 1/36031 (2017.08);
Abstract

A method of providing vagus nerve stimulation to a user is provided. The method includes the step of prompting, via a first audio cue emitted by an earpiece worn by a user, the user to inhale at a first point in time. The method may further include the step of prompting, via a second audio cue emitted by the earpiece, the user to exhale at a second point in time. The method may further include the step of stimulating a vagus nerve of the user with a first electrical signal generated by the earpiece at the second point in time. The first electrical signal may be applied to a concha of an ear of the user. The first electrical signal may be applied to an ear canal of the user. The first electrical signal may be applied to a tragus of the user.


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