Patent No: US 9211212 Apparatus and method for modulating sleep
Apparatuses and methods to enhance sleep, reduce sleep onset latency, extend sleep duration and/or increasing the duration of deeper sleep stages relative to stage 1 sleep. In general, these apparatuses and methods apply and maintain one or more target "warm' temperatures to a Subjects fore head for a time period. The target temperature may be between 25°C. and 42°C. The target temperature may be a fixed amount greater than ambient temperature. The time period may be a fixed time period or a variable time period. These methods and apparatuses may limit the application of thermal energy to the Subjects forehead region.
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