Application US20190321583

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDUCING SLEEP BY TRANSPLANTING MENTAL STATES
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US20190321583

1. A method of inducing a sleep cycle in a subject, comprising modulating a waveform on at least one of a visual stimulus and an auditory stimulus for use in visual or auditory stimulation of the subject, to induce the sleep cycle in the subject, wherein the waveform is generated by recording neural correlates of at least one sleep cycle of a donor, processing the recorded neural correlates of the at least one sleep cycle to decode at least one of a temporal and a spatial pattern; and transforming the at least one of the temporal and the spatial pattern into the modulated waveform. (20) (0)

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording of neural correlates of at least one sleep stage of a donor is done by recording at least one of an electroencephalogram (EEG), a magnetoencephalogram (MMG), and a functional magnetic resonance (fMRI). (0)

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing the recorded neural correlates of at the sleep stage using a statistical analysis technique. (1) (0)

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transforming of the at least one of the temporal and a spatial pattern into the waveform comprises performing an inversion transform on the at least one of the temporal and the spatial pattern of the donor into the waveform, adapted to expose the at least one of the temporal and the spatial pattern to the subject. (0)

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject and the donor are a single human at different times. (0)

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the light stimulus and the sound stimulus is frequency modulated corresponding to the waveform. (0)

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the light stimulus and the sound stimulus comprises the sound stimulus, modulated to provide at least one of a binaural stimulation and an isochronic tones stimulation. (0)

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the light stimulus and the sound stimulus comprises the sound stimulus, which is at least one of an audible sound frequency, an ultrasonic sound frequency, and an infrasonic sound frequency. (0)

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the light stimulus and the sound stimulus comprises the sound stimulus, comprising at least one of a random noise, music, a sound of rainfall, a sound of ocean waves, and a sound of a human voice. (0)

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one of the light stimulus and the sound stimulus comprises the light stimulus, which is at least one of amplitude modulated and pulse modulated. (0)

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising pulse rate modulating the waveform on at least one of a light stimulus and a sound stimulus corresponding to the waveform. (0)

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising amplitude modulating the waveform on at least one of a light stimulus and a sound stimulus corresponding to the waveform. (0)

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the sleep cycle comprises a plurality of sleep stages, comprising a REM sleep stage. (0)

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the sleep cycle comprises a plurality of sleep stages, comprising a non-REM sleep stage. (0)

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the sleep cycle comprises a natural sequence of sleep stages comprising at least one full sleep cycle. (0)

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the recording of neural correlates of at least one sleep cycle comprises recording of neural correlates of at least two full sleep cycles. (0)

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring the sleep stage of the subject, distinct from recording the neural correlates, and adapting the waveform selectively dependent on the monitored sleep stage. (0)

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising stimulating the subject with at least one of a visual stimulus and an auditory stimulus modulated according to a first portion of the waveform, correlating the stimulation of the subject with a respective sleep stage of the subject during stimulation, and selecting a second portion of the waveform representative of the at least one sleep stage of the donor that corresponds to the respective sleep stage of the subject. (1) (0)

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising adjusting an ambient temperature surrounding the subject for a specific sleep stage corresponding to the at least one sleep stage of the donor. (0)

22. The method of claim 1, further comprising superimposing on said at least one of the light stimulus and the sound stimulus a signal having a rhythm having a fixed frequency of less than approximately 100 Hz. (0)

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the fixed frequency is approximately 40 Hz. (0)

24. A method of inducing sleep in a mammal, comprising: (0) (2)

25. A system for inducing sleep in a subject, comprising: (0) (2)

26. A computer readable medium, storing non-transitory instructions for controlling a programmable processor for presenting at least one of a visual stimulus and an auditory stimulus to a subject to induce sleep, comprising: (0) (3)

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Application US20190321583

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDUCING SLEEP BY TRANSPLANTING MENTAL STATES

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