METHODA AND DEVICES FOR RELIEVING STRESS
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Abstract
Easy to use, cost-effective methods and devices for evaluating and treating stress and thereby disorders caused or exacerbated by stress are provided. More particularly methods and devices for identifying RSA waves during respiration which provide a subject with real-time RSA wave information are provided. These methods and devices also can be used to identify drop points in RSA waves. Such methods and devices provide subjects with the ability to maintain parasympathetic outflow and thereby prevent and/or reduce levels of stress.
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28 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
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16. A handheld, portable biofeedback device for reducing stress in a human subject comprising:
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a housing; a PPG sensor, wherein the photoplethysmograph (PPG) sensor generates data from the human subject; a control system coupled to the PPG sensor; and a display screen, wherein said device functions while grasped between the subject'"'"'s thumb and forefinger; wherein the control system is configured to display on the display screen an error message alerting the human subject to stop squeezing the device and start to relax the thumb when a pressure applies by the thumb on the device exceeds a predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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