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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Vijay Kumar Iyer, Murrysville, PA (US);
Michael Edward Colbaugh, Monroeville, PA (US);
Inventors:
Vijay Kumar Iyer, Murrysville, PA (US);
Michael Edward Colbaugh, Monroeville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 21/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A63B 23/18 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/008 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 21/00 (2013.01); A61M 16/0666 (2013.01); A61M 16/0866 (2014.02); A63B 23/18 (2013.01); A61M 16/0683 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0033 (2013.01); A61M 2021/0088 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2230/06 (2013.01); A61M 2230/30 (2013.01); A61M 2230/42 (2013.01); A61M 2230/60 (2013.01); A63B 21/0085 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A respiration appliance () is configured to entrain the breathing of the subject. The breathing of the subject is entrained to modulate the autonomic nervous system of the subject to decrease sympathetic nerve activity and/or to reduce sympathetic/parasympathetic balance in order to provide relaxation to the subject. The respiration appliance () restricts the exhalation of the subject, while permitting substantially unencumbered inhalation, to impact the breathing of the subject in a manner that enhances relaxation.