NON-INVASIVE BRAIN TEMPERATURE REGULATING DEVICES FOR ENHANCING SLEEP

摘要

Methods, systems and devices for enhancing sleep, including enhancing the quality of sleep, reducing sleep onset time, increasing total sleep time, treating insomnia, and/or treating other neurological disorders by non-invasive temperature regulation of the frontal cortex prior to and/or during sleep. Described herein are thermal applicators that include phase change materials and/or evaporative cooling, as well as headgear for securing the applicators comfortably against the appropriate region of the user's head.

主权项

1. An applicator to enhance sleep by regulating the temperature of a subject's frontal cortex when worn, the applicator comprising:
a thermal regulator region comprising a phase change material having a phase transition between about 10 degrees C. and about 40 degrees C.; a thermal transfer region in thermal communication with the thermal regulator region, wherein the thermal transfer regions is configured to conform to and to contact a subject's forehead so that the thermal transfer region is positioned against the subject's head over the frontal cortex; and a strap configured to hold the applicator against the subject's head when the subject is sleeping.