ELECTRICAL STIMULATION APPARATUS, ELECTRICAL STIMULATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20170087361A1
• Filed: 09/09/2016
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: BOUNYONG, SOUKSAKHONE, ADACHI, SHINOBU, OZAWA, JUN
• Application Number:
  US15/261,728
• Publication Number:
  US 20170087361A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/09 Rehabilitation or training
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/369 Electroencephalography [EEG] devices for psychotechnics A61B5/16
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4812 Detecting sleep stages or cycles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4836 Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods A61B5/0036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0452 Specially adapted for transcutaneous muscle stimulation [TMS]
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36003 of motor muscles, e.g. for walking assistance
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36031 using physiological parameters for adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36034 specified by the stimulation parameters

Abstract

An electrical stimulation apparatus includes a sleep depth determiner that determines a sleep depth by using biological information of a user who is sleeping; an electrical muscular stimulation intensity determiner that determines an electrical muscular stimulation intensity on basis of the sleep depth; and an output that output electrical muscular stimulation by using electrodes arranged on a skin of the user at the electrical muscular stimulation intensity determined by the electrical muscular stimulation intensity determiner.

Claims

1. An electrical stimulation apparatus, comprising:

a sleep depth determiner that determines a first sleep depth by using first biological information of a user;

an electrical muscular stimulation intensity determiner that determines a first electrical muscular stimulation intensity on basis of the first sleep depth; and

an output that outputs first electrical muscular stimulation by using electrodes arranged on a skin of the user at the first electrical muscular stimulation intensity.

2. The electrical stimulation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the sleep depth determiner that determines a second sleep depth by using second biological information of the user,

the first sleep depth is a sleep depth before the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user and the second sleep depth is a sleep depth after the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user, and

the electrical muscular stimulation intensity determiner changes the first electrical muscular stimulation intensity by comparing the first sleep depth and the second sleep depth.

3. The electrical stimulation apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the electrical muscular stimulation intensity determiner determines to increase the first electrical muscular stimulation intensity in a case where the second sleep depth is equal to or deeper than the first sleep depth.

4. The electrical stimulation apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a biological information measurer that measures biological information of the user including the first biological information and the second biological information,

wherein the first biological information is measured before the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user and the second biological information is measured after the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user, and

the first sleep depth being based on the first biological information and the second sleep depth being based on the second biological information.

5. The electrical stimulation apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the second biological information is measured by the biological information measurer after elapse of a first period from output of the first electrical muscular stimulation.

6. The electrical stimulation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the first period is not less than 300 milliseconds and not more than 500 milliseconds.

7. The electrical stimulation apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the biological information is related to a total number of body movements during a predetermined period.

8. The electrical stimulation apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

the electrical muscular stimulation intensity determiner determines to lower the first electrical muscular stimulation intensity in a case where the biological information of the user changes at second time intervals or shorter predetermined times or more after elapse of the first period from output of the first electrical muscular stimulation.

9. The electrical stimulation apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the biological information is related to a brain wave.

10. An electrical stimulation method, comprising:

(a) determining a first sleep depth by using first biological information of a user;

(b) determining a first electrical muscular stimulation intensity on basis of the first sleep depth; and

(c) outputting first electrical muscular stimulation by using electrodes arranged on a skin of the user at the determined electrical muscular stimulation intensity.

11. The electrical stimulation method according to claim 10, further comprising:

(d) determining a second sleep depth by using second biological information of the user, the first sleep depth being a sleep depth before the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user, the second sleep depth being a sleep depth after the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user,

(e) changing the first electrical muscular stimulation intensity by comparing the first sleep depth and the second sleep depth.

12. The electrical stimulation method according to claim 10, further comprising:

(f) increasing the first electrical muscular stimulation intensity in a case where the second sleep depth is equal to or deeper than the first sleep depth.

13. The electrical stimulation method according to claim 11, further comprising:

(g) measuring biological information of the user including the first biological information and the second biological information,

wherein the first biological information is measured before the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user and the second biological information is measured after the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user,

the first sleep depth being based on the first biological information and the second sleep depth being based on the second biological information.

14. The electrical stimulation method according to claim 10, wherein

the second biological information is measured after elapse of a first period from output of the first electrical muscular stimulation.

15. The electrical stimulation apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the first period is not less than 300 milliseconds and not more than 500 milliseconds.

16. The electrical stimulation method according to claim 13, wherein

the biological information is related to a total number of body movements during a predetermined period.

17. The electrical stimulation method according to claim 16, further comprising:

(h) determining to lower the first electrical muscular stimulation intensity in a case where the biological information of the user changes at second time intervals or shorter predetermined times or more after elapse of the first period from output of the first electrical muscular stimulation.

18. The electrical stimulation method according to claim 13, wherein

the biological information is related to a brain wave.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a control program for causing an apparatus including a processor to execute processes including:

(a) determining a first sleep depth by using first biological information of a user;

(b) determining an first electrical muscular stimulation intensity on basis of the first sleep depth; and

(c) outputting first electrical muscular stimulation by using electrodes arranged on a skin of the user at the determined electrical muscular stimulation intensity.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 19, wherein

the processes further include:

(d) determining a second sleep depth by using second biological information of the user, the first sleep depth being a sleep depth before the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user, the second sleep depth being a sleep depth after the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user,

(e) changing the first electrical muscular stimulation intensity by comparing the first sleep depth and the second sleep depth.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 19, wherein

the processes further include:

(f) measuring biological information of the user including the first biological information and the second biological information,

wherein the first biological information is measured before the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user and the second biological information is measured after the first electrical muscular stimulation is given to the user,

the first sleep depth being based on the first biological information and the second sleep depth being based on the second biological information.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 19, wherein

the second biological information is measured after elapse of a first period from output of the first electrical muscular stimulation.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 21, wherein

the biological information is related to a total number of body movements during a predetermined period.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 23, wherein

the processes further include:

(g) determining to lower the first electrical muscular stimulation intensity in a case where the biological information of the user changes at second time intervals or shorter predetermined times or more after elapse of the first period from output of the first electrical muscular stimulation.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 21, wherein

the biological information is related to a brain wave.