| Abstract: |
Apparatuses and methods to enhance sleep, reduce sleep onset latency, extend sleep duration and/or increasing the duration of deeper sleep stages relative to stage 1 sleep. In general, these apparatuses and methods apply and maintain one or more target “warm” temperatures to a subject's forehead for a time period. The target temperature may be between 25° C. and 42° C. The target temperature may be a fixed amount greater than ambient temperature. The time period may be a fixed time period or a variable time period. These methods and apparatuses may limit the application of thermal energy to the subject's forehead region. |
| Inventor: |
Nofzinger, Eric A. (Allison Park, PA, US); Schirm, Jeffrey J. (Monroeville, PA, US); Rippole, Damian F. (Coraopolis, PA, US); Reynolds, Craig B. (Kennesaw, GA, US); Tucker, Robert E. (Sanibel, FL, US) |
| Applicant: |
Ebb Therapeutics, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA, US); University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, PA, US) |
| Face Assignee: |
Ebb Therapeutics, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA, US); University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh, PA, US) |
| Filed: |
2015-11-11 |
| Issued: |
2019-02-26 |
| Claims: |
26 |
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1. A method of enhancing sleep in a subject, the method comprising:
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14. A method of enhancing sleep in a subject, the method comprising:
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19. A method of decreasing sleep onset latency, the method comprising:
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26. A method of increasing sleep duration, the method comprising:
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