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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Cerêve, Inc., Oakmont, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Eric A. Nofzinger, Allison Park, PA (US);
Jeffrey J. Schirm, Monroeville, PA (US);
Damian F. Rippole, Coraopolis, PA (US);
Craig B. Reynolds, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Robert E. Tucker, Sanibel, FL (US);
Cerêve, Inc., Oakmont, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods to enhance sleep, reduce sleep onset latency, extend sleep duration and/or increasing the duration of deeper sleep stages relative to stage 1 sleep. In general, these apparatuses and methods apply and maintain one or more target 'warm' temperatures to a subject's forehead for a time period. The target temperature may be between 25° C. and 42° C. The target temperature may be a fixed amount greater than ambient temperature. The time period may be a fixed time period or a variable time period. These methods and apparatuses may limit the application of thermal energy to the subject's forehead region.