Automated insomnia treatment system
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1. An automated system for facilitating the implementation of behavioral therapy that uses information indicative of a subject'"'"'s wake/sleep state to treat subjects suffering from insomnia including difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, or waking too early, comprising:
- passive wake/sleep determination means for producing information indicative of the subject'"'"'s wake/sleep state; and
means for implementing the behavioral therapy utilizing the wake/sleep information to treat the subjects suffering from insomnia chosen from the group consisting of stimulus control therapy, sleep restriction therapy, relaxation therapy, and combinations of two or more of stimulus control therapy, sleep restriction therapy, or relaxation training.
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Abstract
Automated behavioral methods and systems for treating insomnia that use passive means for determining wake/sleep states.
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1. An automated system for facilitating the implementation of behavioral therapy that uses information indicative of a subject'"'"'s wake/sleep state to treat subjects suffering from insomnia including difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, or waking too early, comprising:
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passive wake/sleep determination means for producing information indicative of the subject'"'"'s wake/sleep state; and means for implementing the behavioral therapy utilizing the wake/sleep information to treat the subjects suffering from insomnia chosen from the group consisting of stimulus control therapy, sleep restriction therapy, relaxation therapy, and combinations of two or more of stimulus control therapy, sleep restriction therapy, or relaxation training. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for facilitation the implementation of behavioral therapy for treating subjects suffering from insomnia including difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep, or waking too early, comprising:
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means for processing information taken form the group consisting of;
EEG, EKG, EMG, EOG, actigraphy, body movement, galvanic skin response, respiratory changes, eye movements and combinations of two or more thereof to determine the subject'"'"'s wake/sleep state; andmeans for implementing the behavioral therapy utilizing the wake/sleep state information to treat the subjects suffering from insomnia chosen from the group consisting of stimulus control therapy, sleep restriction therapy, relaxation therapy, and combinations of two or more of stimulus control therapy, sleep restriction therapy, or relaxation training. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An automated system for facilitating the implementation of stimulus control therapy that uses information indicative of a subject'"'"'s wake/sleep state to improve the subject'"'"'s sleep or sleep hygiene, including subjects with insomnia or other sleep complaints, comprising:
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passive wake/sleep determination means for producing information indicative of the subject'"'"'s wake/sleep state; and means for implementing the stimulus control therapy utilizing the wake/sleep information and applying the following rules; a) never alert a subject while they are asleep, b) alert a subject only when at least a first predetermined number of contiguous of wake epochs are achieved, and c) if any sleep of at least a second predetermined number of contiguous epochs is achieved, designate the subject in a sleep maintenance mode and if any sleep of at least the second predetermined number of contiguous epochs is not achieved, designate the subject not in a sleep maintenance mode whereby if the subject is in a sleep maintenance mode, examine a past third predetermined number of epochs and if the subject was awake for at least a fourth predetermined number of epochs out of the past third predetermined number of epochs, alert the subject, but if the subject is not in a sleep maintenance mode and if there is no sleep of at least a fifth predetermined number of contiguous epochs within a first period of trying to fall asleep, then alert the subject upon a lapse of the first period; and if the subject is not in a sleep maintenance mode and there is a contiguous sleep period contained within the first period of trying to fall asleep that is greater than or equal to the fifth predetermined number of epochs but less than the second predetermined number of epochs, then the alert for an additional period. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. An automated system for facilitating the implementation of stimulus control therapy that uses information indicative of a subject'"'"'s wake/sleep state to improve the subject'"'"'s sleep or sleep hygiene, including subjects with insomnia or other sleep complaints, comprising:
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means for processing information taken from the group consisting of;
EEG, EKG, EMG, EOG, actigraphy, body movement, galvanic skin response, respiratory changes, eye movements and combinations of two or more thereof to determine the subject'"'"'s wake/sleep state and to acquire and alert as to whether the subject is in bed or not; andmeans for implementing the behavioral therapy utilizing the wake/sleep state information and the in bed information. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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38. An automated system for facilitation the implementation of behavioral therapy that uses information indicative of a subject'"'"'s wake/sleep state to improve the subject'"'"'s sleep or sleep hygiene, including subjects with insomnia or other sleep complaints, comprising:
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passive wake/sleep determination means for producing information indicative of the subject'"'"'s wake/sleep state; means for implementing the behavioral therapy utilizing the wake/sleep information; and means for storing the subject'"'"'s wake/sleep states, in-bed status, and other sleep behaviors and using the stored information to update the information for the behavioral therapy being implemented.
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