EP 0856334 A3 19990512 - Therapeutic device
Title (en)
Therapeutic device
Title (de)
Therapiegerät
Title (fr)
Dispositif thérapeutique
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 9626446 A 19961220
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0856334A2] A visual stimulation device for assisting in the lowering of a user's breathing rate by means of displaying a cyclical graphic representation on a display (6) comprising a grid of light emitting diodes (14). The representation comprises a bar graph adjacent bars of which are illuminated sequentially during a first display corresponding to user inhalation and extinguished during a seccnd display corresponding to user exhalation. A third display corresponding to a rest period between inhalation and exhalation may also be provided. The display is controlled by circuitry (18) including a first circuit (27) which computes the user's rest breathing rate from data input by the user in a relaxed state and a further circuit containing display duration ratio information. The duration ratio of the first to the second to the third displays is substantially 40%; 50%; 10% and the display cycle corresponds to the user's rest breathing rate in breaths per minute minus one. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63B 23/18 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A63B 23/185 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
- [XY] US 3424147 A 19690128 - GIORDANO ETIENNE
- [XY] GB 935766 A 19630904 - ETIENNE GIORDANO
- [X] FR 2599629 A1 19871211 - BRUEY SA ELECTRO MECA PRECISIO [FR]
- [A] WO 9414374 A1 19940707 - DEFARES PETER BERNARD [NL], et al
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0856334 A2 19980805; EP 0856334 A3 19990512; GB 9626446 D0 19970205
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 97310327 A 19971219; GB 9626446 A 19961220