Enhanced therapeutic stimulus for non-nutritive suck entrainment system and method
First Claim
1. A non-transitory system executable by a processor for stimulating a CPG and a trigeminal nerve in a human brain, such stimulation influencing brain response or development including repair, control of respiration, control of NNS, mastication, and combinations thereof, in a human brain comprising:
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record a pressure signal received from a pressure transducer in an orofacial stimulator; and
,generate a display signal to display assessment data based on the received pressure signal;
a feature extraction module to;
identify one or more components of a patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern in the pressure signal;
determine a symmetry of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern;
determine a repetition of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; and
,assign a spatiotemporal index value to the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern, the spatiotemporal index value indicating an overall rating of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; and
,a therapy module to;
generate a therapeutic pressure pulse signal comprising a base frequency signal further comprising two or more pressure pulses, wherein each pressure pulse causes a displacement of a pacifier surface contacted by the lip and the mouth of the patient, wherein each of the two or more pressure pulses has a square wave profile and are separated by an interval between 500 milliseconds and 650 milliseconds in duration;
generate a therapeutic pressure profile signal comprising at least one of the therapeutic pressure pulse signals; and
,transmit the therapeutic pressure pulse profile signal to the orofacial stimulator.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for using the system. In particular, the present invention relates to an application, executable by a processing device to assess the organization of a non-nutritive suck (NNS) pattern of a patient and to entrain an organized NNS pattern in the patient. The software system receives data from an orofacial stimulation appliance to assess the patient'"'"'s natural NNS pattern and generates a precise therapeutic pulse profile that is actuated as a tactile stimulus via the orofacial stimulation appliance to entrain an organized NNS pattern.
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46 Claims
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1. A non-transitory system executable by a processor for stimulating a CPG and a trigeminal nerve in a human brain, such stimulation influencing brain response or development including repair, control of respiration, control of NNS, mastication, and combinations thereof, in a human brain comprising:
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an assessment module to; record a pressure signal received from a pressure transducer in an orofacial stimulator; and
,generate a display signal to display assessment data based on the received pressure signal; a feature extraction module to; identify one or more components of a patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern in the pressure signal; determine a symmetry of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; determine a repetition of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; and
,assign a spatiotemporal index value to the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern, the spatiotemporal index value indicating an overall rating of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; and
,a therapy module to; generate a therapeutic pressure pulse signal comprising a base frequency signal further comprising two or more pressure pulses, wherein each pressure pulse causes a displacement of a pacifier surface contacted by the lip and the mouth of the patient, wherein each of the two or more pressure pulses has a square wave profile and are separated by an interval between 500 milliseconds and 650 milliseconds in duration; generate a therapeutic pressure profile signal comprising at least one of the therapeutic pressure pulse signals; and
,transmit the therapeutic pressure pulse profile signal to the orofacial stimulator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A processing system encoded with an application for stimulating a CPG and a trigeminal nerve in a human brain, such stimulation influencing brain response or development including repair, control of respiration, control of NNS, mastication, and combinations thereof, in a human brain, the system comprising:
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a processor; memory; and
,the application, executable by the processor, further comprising instructions to; record a pressure signal received from a pressure transducer in an orofacial stimulator; generate a display signal to display assessment data based on the received pressure signal; identify one or more components of a patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern in the pressure signal; determine a symmetry of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; determine a repetition of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; assign a spatiotemporal index value to the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern, the spatiotemporal index value indicating an overall rating of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; generate a therapeutic pressure pulse signal comprising a base frequency signal further comprising two or more pressure pulses, wherein a first pressure pulse causes a positive displacement of a pacifier surface contacted by a lip and a mouth of the patient and a second pressure pulse causes a negative displacement of the pacifier surface contacted by the lip and the mouth of the patient, wherein each of the two or more pressure pulses has a damped square wave profile and are separated by an interval between 500 milliseconds and 650 milliseconds in duration; generate a therapeutic pressure profile signal comprising at least one of the therapeutic pressure pulse signals; and
,transmit the therapeutic pressure pulse profile signal to the orofacial stimulator. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions for operating a system for delivering a non-nutritive suck stimulus to a patient, the instructions executable by a processor in communication with memory and comprising:
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receiving, at the processor, a pressure signal received from a pressure transducer in an orofacial stimulator appliance; generating a display signal to display assessment data based on the received pressure signal; identifying one or more components of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern in the pressure signal; determining a symmetry of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; determining a repetition of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; assigning a spatiotemporal index value to the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern, the spatiotemporal index value indicating an overall rating of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; generating a therapeutic pressure pulse signal; generating a therapeutic pressure profile signal comprising at least one of the therapeutic pressure pulse signals; and
,transmitting the therapeutic pressure pulse profile signal to the orofacial stimulator appliance.
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40. A non-transitory system executable by a processor for stimulating a human brain to organize a patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern, the system comprising:
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an assessment module to; record a pressure signal received from a pressure transducer in an orofacial stimulator appliance; a feature extraction module to; identify one or more components of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern in the pressure signal; and assign a spatiotemporal index value to the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; and
,a therapy module to; generate a therapeutic pressure pulse signal comprising a damped square wave profile; transmit the therapeutic pressure pulse profile signal to the orofacial stimulator appliance.
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41. A processing system encoded with an application for stimulating a human brain to organize a patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern, the system comprising:
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a processor; memory; and
,the application, executable by the processor, further comprising instructions to; record a pressure signal received from a pressure transducer in an orofacial stimulator appliance; identify one or more components of a patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern in the pressure signal; assign a spatiotemporal index value to the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern, the spatiotemporal index value indicating an overall rating of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; generate a therapeutic pressure pulse signal comprising a damped square wave; and
,transmit the therapeutic pressure pulse profile signal to the orofacial stimulator appliance.
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42. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions for operating a system for delivering a non-nutritive suck stimulus to a patient, the instructions executable by a processor in communication with memory and comprising:
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receiving, at the processor, a pressure signal received from a pressure transducer in an orofacial stimulator appliance; identifying one or more components of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern in the pressure signal; determining a symmetry of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; determining a repetition of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; assigning a spatiotemporal index value to the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern, the spatiotemporal index value indicating an overall rating of the patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern; generating a therapeutic pressure pulse signal; and
,transmitting the therapeutic pressure pulse profile signal to the orofacial stimulator appliance. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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46. A processing system encoded with an application for stimulating a human brain to organize a patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern, the system comprising:
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a processor; memory; and
,the application, executable by the processor, further comprising instructions to; record a pressure signal received from a pressure transducer in an orofacial stimulator appliance; identify one or more components of a patient'"'"'s non-nutritive suck pattern in the pressure signal; generate a therapeutic pressure pulse signal; and
,transmit the therapeutic pressure pulse profile signal to the orofacial stimulator appliance.
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