Granted Patent
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US 12,350,066 · App. 18/762,279 · Granted Jul 8, 2025
Systems and methods for controlling position
Inventors:
Daniel J. Levendowski (Carlsbad, CA); Timothy Zavora (Reno, NV); Philip R. Westbrook (Fallbrook, CA); Mirko Mitrovic (Belgrade, RS); Bratislav Veljkovic (Belgrade, RS); Christine Berka (Carlsbad, CA); Jonny Trejo (Encinitas, CA)
Assignee:
ADVANCED BRAIN MONITORING, INC.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for assessing compliance with position therapy. In an embodiment, position therapy is provided to a user while the user is wearing a position therapy device. The position therapy comprises, by the device, collecting positional data, determining positions of the user over a time period based on the positional data, and, when it is determined that the user is in a target position, providing feedback to the user to influence the user to change to a non-target position. In addition, the device stores a duration of use in its memory. The duration of use indicates a duration that the user has used the wearable position therapy device in each of one or more positions. An assessment of the user's compliance with the position therapy is then provided based, at least in part, on the duration of use.
Claims (27)
1. A method for providing position feedback to a user, the method comprising:
receiving positional data from one or more position detectors of a wearable device being worn by the user;
based on the positional data, determining whether the user is in a target position or one or more non-target positions;
when it is determined that the user is in the target position, generating feedback to influence the user to change to the one or more non-target positions; and
generating a report of the position feedback based on time spent in the target position and the one or more non-target positions.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising capturing audio data and wherein the at least one additional measure comprises a snoring frequency.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing an assessment of the efficacy of the position feedback, based on a measure of time spent in the target position and one or more non-target positions.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the assessment of the efficacy of the position feedback is further based on at least one additional measure.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one additional measure comprises a total amount of time that the wearable device is used.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one additional measure comprises interruptions in sleep that occur during use of the wearable device.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising determining the interruptions in sleep based on changes in position.
8. The method of claim 4 , further comprising capturing audio data and wherein the at least one additional measure comprises a snoring frequency.
9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one additional measure comprises a number of changes in sleep position that occur during use of the wearable device.
10. The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one additional measure comprises an amount of feedback that was provided to the user by the wearable device.
11. The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one additional measure comprises the user's response to the feedback.
12. The method of claim 3 , further comprising, by the wearable device, transmitting information to an external system which provides the assessment of the efficacy.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining whether the user is in the target position or one or more non-target positions is determined over a time period.
14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, by the wearable device, transmitting information to an external system which generates the report of the position feedback.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating feedback comprises adaptively increasing the feedback until the user changes to the non-supine position.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein increasing the feedback comprises one or more of increasing an intensity of the feedback, increasing a length of the feedback, and decreasing a duration between feedback events.
17. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
for a different sleep period
receiving positional data from the one or more position detectors of a wearable device being worn by the user,
based on the positional data, determining whether the user is in a target position or one or more non-target positions,
not generating feedback to influence the user to change to the one or more non-target positions, and
recording the positional data to create a baseline data of time spent in the target position and the one or more non-target positions; and
generating a report comparing the time spent in the target position in the base line data with the time spent in the target position in the report of the position feedback.
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