Systems and methods for preventing sleep disturbance

Inventor: Daniel W. Pituch (Presto, PA)

A61B5/4809 A61B5/0006 A61B5/291 A61B5/4818 A61B5/742

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Patent No.: US 12690805
App. No.: 18/675,989
Granted: Jul 28, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A sleep monitoring and disturbance mitigation system may include a sleep status monitoring apparatus configured to collect real-time sleep data from a subject; to determine a sleep status based at least partially on the sleep data; and to transmit the real-time sleep data and sleep status to a remote receiving station; and a remote receiving station configured to receive the real-time sleep status data and the sleep status from the sleep status monitoring apparatus; to generate, based at least partially on the real-time sleep data and sleep status, a sleep disturbance priority and a sleep disturbance message including data indicative of the sleep status and the sleep disturbance priority; and to display the sleep disturbance priority message on a display located remotely from the sleep status monitoring apparatus. The sleep status monitoring apparatus may be configured to wirelessly transmit the real-time sleep data and sleep status. Real-time sleep data may include EEG data.

Claims (37)

1 . A sleep monitoring and disturbance mitigation system comprising:

a sleep status monitoring apparatus configured to collect real-time sleep data from a subject; to determine a sleep status based at least partially on the sleep data; and to transmit the real-time sleep data and sleep status to a remote receiving station; and

a remote receiving station configured to receive the real-time sleep data and the sleep status from the sleep status monitoring apparatus; to generate, based at least partially on the real-time sleep data and sleep status, a sleep disturbance priority and a sleep disturbance message comprising data indicative of the sleep status and the sleep disturbance priority; to modify rules related to the sleep disturbance priority and a plurality of disturbance events previously administered to a plurality of subjects based on at least one subject's responses to previously administered disturbance events; and each subject of the plurality of subjects being separately connected to a sleep status monitoring apparatus.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the sleep status monitoring apparatus is configured to wirelessly transmit the real-time sleep data and sleep status to the remote receiving station, and the remote receiving station is configured to wirelessly receive the real-time sleep data and sleep status.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote receiving station is configured to generate the sleep disturbance priority and sleep disturbance message based on at least sleep time of the subject.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the remote receiving station is configured to generate the sleep disturbance priority based further on a priority ranking of disturbance events.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the priority ranking comprises at least two levels of disturbance priority.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the priority ranking comprises at least three levels of disturbance priority.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote receiving station is configured to generate the sleep disturbance message comprising data capable of conveying at least one of the user actions of:

(a) do not disturb the subject except for top priority disturbance events;

(b) disturb the subject only for intermediate priority disturbance events; and

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the remote receiving station is configured to generate the sleep disturbance priority based at least on sleep time of the subject.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the remote receiving station is configured to generate the sleep disturbance priority based further on a priority ranking of disturbance events.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the priority ranking comprises at least two levels of disturbance priority.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the priority ranking comprises at least three levels of disturbance priority.

12 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising an EEG monitoring sensor in communication with the sleep status monitoring apparatus, and wherein the real-time sleep data comprises EEG data, wherein the remote receiving station and a display are located on or proximate to a subject room doorway, and wherein the sleep status monitoring apparatus is configured to wirelessly transmit the real-time sleep data to the remote receiving station, and the remote receiving station is configured to wirelessly receive the real-time sleep data, the remote receiving station being configured to generate the sleep disturbance message comprising data capable of conveying at least the user actions of:

(a) do not disturb the subject except for top priority disturbance events by generating a red indicator; and

(b) subject is awake and all disturbance events permitted by generating a green indicator.

13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the remote receiving station is located on or proximate to a subject room doorway.

14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein each sleep status monitoring apparatus is connected to the remote receiving station via a network.

15 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a learning loop configured to modify rules associated with a priority ranking based on subject responses to disturbance events and the rules directing at least when one or more disturbance events should be administered.

16 . A sleep monitoring and disturbance mitigation method using a sleep status monitoring apparatus and a remote receiving station, the method comprising:

collecting real-time sleep data from a subject at the sleep status monitoring apparatus;

determining a sleep status;

transmitting the real-time sleep data to the remote receiving station;

receiving the real-time sleep data from the sleep status monitoring at the remote receiving station;

generating based at least partially on the real-time sleep data a sleep disturbance priority and a sleep disturbance message comprising data indicative of the sleep disturbance priority; and modifying rules related to the sleep disturbance priority and a plurality of disturbance events previously administered to a plurality of subjects based on at least one subject's responses to previously administered disturbance events; and each subject of the plurality of subjects being separately connected to a sleep status monitoring apparatus.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein generating the sleep disturbance message comprises generating a message comprising data capable of conveying at least one of the user actions of:

(a) do not disturb the subject except for top priority disturbance events;

(b) disturb the subject only for intermediate priority disturbance events; and

18 . The method of claim 16 , wherein generating the sleep disturbance priority comprises generating the sleep disturbance priority based on at least sleep time of the subject.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein generating the sleep disturbance priority comprises generating the sleep disturbance priority based further on a priority ranking of disturbance events.

20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the priority ranking comprises at least two levels of disturbance priority.

21 . The method of claim 16 , wherein each sleep status monitoring apparatus is connected to the remote receiving station via a network.

22 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising the step of modifying rules associated with a priority ranking via a learning loop, the learning loop rule modifications based on subject responses to disturbance events and the rules directing when one or more disturbance events should be administered.