Method, system and apparatus for integrated dynamic neural stimulation

• US 9,067,044 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2013
• Issued: 06/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Frank M. Wanca
• Original Assignee: Frank M. Wanca
• Inventors: Wanca, Frank M.
• Primary Examiner(s): HUBER, PAUL W
• Application Number:
  US13/766,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20130216055A1
• Time in Patent Office: 867 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0027 by the hearing sense
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 21/02 for inducing sleep or relaxation, e.g. by direct nerve stimulation, hypnosis, analgesia for massage A61H; electrotherapy A61N, e.g. applying alternating or intermittent electric currents for producing anaesthesia A61N1/36021
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3375 Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 5/00 Tone control or bandwidth control in amplifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 5/005 of digital signals
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 9/005 of digital or coded signals

Abstract

A method for integrated dynamic neural stimulation. The method can include selecting a tone for playback, adjusting the characteristics of the tone, selecting program options for modifying the playback of the tone, selecting an accompaniment to the tone, generating an audio program by combining the tone and the accompaniment according to the selected program options, and playing the audio program via an audio output device having at least a right channel and a left channel.

Claims

1. A method for integrated dynamic neural stimulation, comprising:

selecting a tone for playback;

determining at least one second tone corresponding to at least one symptom of a medical condition of a user;

adjusting the characteristics of the tone including generating a third tone that corresponds to the second tone to treat the at least one symptom of the user'"'"'s medical condition through sound wave cancelation;

selecting program options for modifying the playback of the tone;

selecting an accompaniment to the tone;

generating an audio program by combining the tone and the accompaniment according to the selected program options; and

playing the audio program via an audio output device having at least a right channel and a left channel.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the program options are selected from one of standard, average, notch, harmonic, binaural beats, and artificial intelligence.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristics of the tone comprise volume, frequency, pitch, pulse, sustenance, and complex sounds.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising calibrating the audio output device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein calibrating the audio output device further comprises one or more of calibrating the left and right channels, calibrating for ambient noise, adjusting left/right channel equilibrium, setting comfortable volume levels and setting minimum volume levels.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the accompaniment is selected from one of ambient sounds, affirmations, and music.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the characteristics of the tone further comprises:

adjusting characteristics for playback in the left channel; and

adjusting characteristics for playback in the right channel.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the characteristics of the tone comprise volume, frequency, pitch, pulse, and sustenance.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the characteristics of the tone played in the right channel differ from the characteristics of the tone played in the left channel.

10. A system for integrated dynamic neural stimulation, comprising:

a computing device, the computing device including a non-transitory storage medium, a processor, a memory, and an audio output device having at least a right channel and a left channel;

an audio software, the audio software being adapted to allow a user to select a program option from a list of program options and to generate an audio program by combining a tone and an accompaniment according to the selected program options, and to play the audio program via the audio output device;

selecting a tone for playback;

determining at least one second tone corresponding to a user'"'"'s tinnitus;

adjusting the characteristics of the tone including generating a third tone that corresponds to the second tone to treat the user'"'"'s tinnitus through sound wave cancelation;

selecting program options for modifying the playback of the tone;

selecting an accompaniment to the tone;

generating an audio program by combining the tone and the accompaniment according to the selected program options; and

playing the audio program via an audio output device having at least a right channel and a left channel.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the program options comprise standard, average, notch, harmonic, binaural beats, and artificial intelligence.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the audio software is further adapted to allow a user to select a tone and to adjust the characteristics of the tone.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the characteristics of the tone comprise volume, frequency, pitch, pulse, sustenance, and complex sounds.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the accompaniment comprises ambient sounds, affirmations, and music.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the audio software is further adapted to allow a user to separately adjust the characteristics of the tone for the left channel and the characteristics of the tone for the right channel.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the characteristics of the tone comprise volume, frequency, pitch, pulse, and sustenance.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the characteristics of the tone played in the right channel differ from the characteristics of the tone played in the left channel.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the software is further adapted to allow a user to calibrate the left and right channels, calibrate for ambient noise, adjust left/right channel equilibrium, set comfortable volume levels and set minimum volume levels.

19. The system of claim 10, wherein the computing device further comprises an audio input device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the audio software is further adapted to allow a user to calibrate the audio output device by emitting sound via the audio output device while placing the audio output device proximate the audio input device.