WO2001024863A1 - Einschlafhilfe - Google Patents
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- WO2001024863A1 WO2001024863A1 PCT/EP2000/008558 EP0008558W WO0124863A1 WO 2001024863 A1 WO2001024863 A1 WO 2001024863A1 EP 0008558 W EP0008558 W EP 0008558W WO 0124863 A1 WO0124863 A1 WO 0124863A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M21/00—Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousness; Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
- G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
- G04B19/06—Dials
- G04B19/08—Geometrical arrangement of the graduations
- G04B19/082—Geometrical arrangement of the graduations varying from the normal closed scale
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
- G04F10/00—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by electric means
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- G—PHYSICS
- G04—HOROLOGY
- G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
- G04F7/00—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means
- G04F7/04—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means using a mechanical oscillator
- G04F7/08—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph
- G04F7/0842—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph with start-stop control mechanisms
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M21/00—Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousness; Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis
- A61M2021/0005—Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousness; Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis by the use of a particular sense, or stimulus
- A61M2021/0022—Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousness; Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis by the use of a particular sense, or stimulus by the tactile sense, e.g. vibrations
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- the invention relates to a device which can be placed in the human hand and operated by hand and serves as a sleep aid to determine the time to fall asleep, which has a body and an actuating element.
- the tone frequency can, for example, be adjusted to the patient's respective pulse or breathing rhythm or stimulate the breathing rhythm accordingly, as can be seen, for example, from DE-OS 31 34 641.
- DE-OS 31 34 641 In a device for measuring sleep-wake behavior shown in DE-OS 42 30 084 and having several pushbuttons, the patient must acknowledge the sound signals cyclically by means of one-button operation until fatigue occurs.
- the button is arranged on a button of a housing.
- the functioning of the two devices listed is based on the rhythmic sending of acoustic signals to which the person looking for sleep should react accordingly.
- a disadvantage of the devices is that the sound pulses can also be received by other people in the respective room and perceived as disturbing, for example by the spouse when the device is used in the domestic bedroom.
- the object of the invention is to design a very handy device serving as a sleep aid, with which sleep times and waking phases can also be determined and with which acoustic tones can be dispensed with.
- the metallic compression spring accommodated in the recess or bore is not mechanical there, but is held with a magnetic element so that it can be easily removed as required.
- the magnetic force is sufficient so that the parts in the bore cannot fall out of the bore in any position of the device.
- the actuating element can be a button, a lever or a push button which can be pressed on with the finger or thumb of the human hand and which preferably has an adjustable stroke.
- the adjustability can be ensured, for example, by an adjusting screw which is accommodated in a second bore machined in the actuating element and is held by the magnetic element, the longitudinal axes of the two bores coinciding.
- a polygonal nut can be screwed onto the set screw, which can be guided in an equally polygonal sleeve which is fixed in the bore.
- a stop watch can also be installed in the body, which in a special embodiment of the device can also serve as an actuating element.
- the actuating element has a stroke which is adapted to the mobility of the fingers or the hand in which the body is held.
- the stroke should be 1 mm to 10 mm, preferably 3 mm to 6 mm.
- the device can also be provided with a built-in radio transmitter which transmits the added pulses to an external receiver, such as a monitor and / or printer. This enables the data to be saved and evaluated as required.
- the body can be made of wood or wood-based material, ceramic, metal, earthenware or plastic. However, it is preferred to use precious wood or ceramic, for example porcelain.
- the porcelain-like body can be provided with a glaze, optionally with a decor. The easily dyeable soft porcelain is particularly suitable for this.
- a heat-storing element can also be accommodated in the body, which creates a pleasant feeling of warmth in the hand. This is particularly important for the elderly. If the heat-storing element is placed in a ceramic body, the heat can be held for a relatively long time.
- the heat-storing element can be designed in the form of an exchangeable cartridge, for example in the form of a small, sealed pouch with a hydrogel filling. The cartridge can be heated in a water bath, baby bottle warmer, microwave, or the like.
- the hydrogel or another heat-storing medium can also be accommodated in the actuating element.
- the one-part or multi-part body can be spherical or lenticular or prismatic. A bilateral flattened, spherical or lenticular body that can be held comfortably in the hand.
- the device according to the invention can promote natural sleep.
- FIG. 1 shows in perspective a device for determining the sleep time, in a simplest embodiment, enlarged about 3 times,
- FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the device, with a stop watch, also seen in perspective
- FIG. 3 shows the device according to FIG. 2 in a top view of the front
- Figure 13 shows the device according to Figure 2, placed in a storage bag.
- Figure 1 is a first embodiment (reference number 100) Device shown, which has a lenticular body 1 flattened on both sides with an actuating element 2 accommodated therein.
- the actuating element 2 is designed in the form of a cylindrical push button, which is arranged in a bore (recess 5; see FIG. 3) machined in the body 1.
- the recess 5 is delimited by a bottom 24.
- Both the body 1 and the actuating element 2 are made of precious wood, in the present case of mahogany wood, and are finely sanded.
- a zodiac sign 12 (Sagittarius) is also carved out on the back 3 of the body 1.
- the mobility of the actuating element 2 is secured either by a simple coil spring 23 (see FIG. 6, section A-A according to FIG. 2) or an adjusting screw 14 (see FIG. 7).
- the coil spring 23 is accommodated directly in a longitudinally axial bore 15 of the actuating element 2 and fastened to a bottom 25 of the bore 15.
- the helical spring 23 ends with a metal plate 26 facing away from the bottom 25.
- a roller-shaped magnetic element 30 is attached to the bottom 24 of the recess 5, with which the actuating element 2 is held with the helical spring 23 in such a way that it can be easily removed as required leaves.
- the magnetic force prevents the movable parts located in the recess 5 from falling out of the recess.
- the actuating element 2 has a limited, non-adjustable stroke H (see FIG. 6), the size of which is determined by the helical spring 23.
- the set screw 14 is used, with which the stroke can be regulated.
- the arrangement of the set screw 14 is shown in detail in Figures 7 to 9.
- the set screw 14 has an external thread 27 for fitting a hexagon nut 28 and a cap nut 29, which extends to approximately 2/5 of the total length of the set screw 14.
- a smooth shaft 33 is provided below the external thread 27, which in turn is surrounded by a sleeve 31 with an external thread 32 and a compression spring 4 located underneath.
- the hexagon nut 28 is guided longitudinally axially within a hexagon tube 34 when rotating with the push button. So the stroke size can be changed.
- the sleeve 31 is non-positively screwed into the wood material of the push button with its sharp external thread 32.
- the sleeve 31 has a smooth opening 35, the clear width of which is slightly larger than the diameter of the adjusting screw 14, the sleeve and thus the push button can move along the adjusting screw 14.
- all the elements located in the recess 5, apart from the magnetic element 30, can simply be pulled out.
- FIGS. 2 and 3 show a second embodiment of the device (reference number 200), in which a round, flat recess 6 for receiving a clock 20 is made in the body 1.
- the recess 6 has a diameter of approximately 30 mm and a depth of 6 mm.
- the clock 20 is housed in the recess 6 so that there is a flat, flattened front 9 of the body 1.
- the flat recess 6 merges into the cylindrical recess 5 already described.
- the round clock 20 is designed as a pulse meter 21 with a peripheral time scale 10, on which the total time of the added pulses is shown in the form of a line 19 (see FIG. 3).
- Now watch 20 serves as a normal, commercially available timepiece with hour and Second hands.
- the pulses are generated by the actuating element 2, the time intervals between the pulses being adjustable.
- a computer module 7 (“chip *”) with a display 21 is arranged on the front side 9 of the body 1.
- the measured variables such as the number of pulses and / or sleep time, are transmitted to the computer module 7 and display 21 via a contact magnet 36 integrated with the push button.
- a radio transmitter 11 is installed in the body 1 (cf. FIG. 9; device 400), the data can be transmitted to an external receiver 40, such as a screen or printer, and evaluated by the doctor.
- a display 21 and a clock 20 arranged underneath are placed in a flat recess on the front 9.
- FIGS. 10 to 12 show embodiments of the device, each with a heat-storing element 17, the adjusting screw and the magnetic element being omitted in order to simplify the drawing.
- the heat-storing element 17 is accommodated directly in the hollowed-out actuating element 2.
- a part 22 of the two-part actuating element 2 containing the heat-storing medium is made of porcelain in the present case, whereas the body 1 is made of precious wood.
- a contact magnet 36 is also glued to the part 22.
- a hydrogel, here: a mixture of water and hydroxyethyl cellulose, is selected as the heat-storing medium.
- 11 shows a preferred embodiment (reference number 700) of the device in which the body 1 is made of soft porcelain as a closed container 18 for receiving the hydrogel.
- a schematically shown filling opening 37 can be seen, which is tightly closed.
- the actuator 2 is also made of soft porcelain.
- the heat-storing element 17 is designed as a small, exchangeable container which, like the clock 20 or display 21, is accommodated in a correspondingly enlarged recess 6.
- the clock 20 is arranged on the side of the body 1 facing away from the heat-storing element 17.
- FIG. 13 shows a textile storage bag 38 with a device according to the invention inserted therein.
- the storage bag 38 made of pure cotton is equipped with a Velcro fastener 39.
- the device is held in the hand and started by evenly, lightly pressing the actuating element 2 at intervals of approximately 1 second.
- the patient falls asleep due to fatigue, i.e. the push button is then no longer pressed.
- the time of falling asleep is read from the time scale 10 of the clock 20 or from the display 21. In this way, the patient's waking phases can also be determined and read.
- the data is transmitted to an external receiver 40, such as Monitor of a computer, transmitted.
- the time shown for the added impulses corresponds to the sleep time.
- the computer module 7 adds up the sum of the printing processes and divides them automatically by the number 60 so that the result can be shown in minutes.
- the data on the display or on the time scale can be deleted if the actuating element 2 is pressed for longer than the set time interval, for example at least 5 seconds.
- the porcelain-like body 1 filled with hydrogel is placed in a baby bottle warmer (not shown) and heated to approximately 45 ° C.
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Priority Applications (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AU72826/00A AU7282600A (en) | 1999-10-04 | 2000-08-31 | Sleeping aid |
EP00960580A EP1218051A1 (de) | 1999-10-04 | 2000-08-31 | Einschlafhilfe |
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DE29917463U DE29917463U1 (de) | 1999-10-04 | 1999-10-04 | Kleines, handliches Gerät, als Einschlafhilfe |
DE29917463.8 | 1999-10-04 | ||
DE29919589.9 | 1999-11-08 | ||
DE29919589U DE29919589U1 (de) | 1999-11-08 | 1999-11-08 | Impulsmesser |
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Citations (5)
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US5195895A (en) * | 1991-11-04 | 1993-03-23 | Manfred Clynes | Sentic cycler unit |
DE4230084A1 (de) * | 1992-09-09 | 1994-03-10 | Karl Prof Dr Med Habil Hecht | System zur Überwachung des Schlaf-Wach-Verhaltens und zur Diagnose von Schlafstörungen |
US5392649A (en) * | 1993-03-16 | 1995-02-28 | Yoo; Tae W. | Finger pressure gauge |
US5446775A (en) * | 1993-12-20 | 1995-08-29 | Wright; Larry A. | Motion detector and counter |
WO1999049784A1 (fr) * | 1998-03-31 | 1999-10-07 | Georges Cornuejols | Dispositif de mesure de l'etat de l'organisme |
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- 2000-08-31 EP EP00960580A patent/EP1218051A1/de not_active Withdrawn
- 2000-08-31 AU AU72826/00A patent/AU7282600A/en not_active Abandoned
- 2000-08-31 WO PCT/EP2000/008558 patent/WO2001024863A1/de not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2000-10-03 TW TW089120559A patent/TW514538B/zh not_active IP Right Cessation
Patent Citations (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US5195895A (en) * | 1991-11-04 | 1993-03-23 | Manfred Clynes | Sentic cycler unit |
DE4230084A1 (de) * | 1992-09-09 | 1994-03-10 | Karl Prof Dr Med Habil Hecht | System zur Überwachung des Schlaf-Wach-Verhaltens und zur Diagnose von Schlafstörungen |
US5392649A (en) * | 1993-03-16 | 1995-02-28 | Yoo; Tae W. | Finger pressure gauge |
US5446775A (en) * | 1993-12-20 | 1995-08-29 | Wright; Larry A. | Motion detector and counter |
WO1999049784A1 (fr) * | 1998-03-31 | 1999-10-07 | Georges Cornuejols | Dispositif de mesure de l'etat de l'organisme |
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