The present invention relates to a device for reducing stress induced anxiety in an individual and, more particularly, to a wearable system which utilizes the power of conscious mind to heal itself from the various psychosomatic pathologies.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Most people experience stress and anxiety from time to time.
Stress is any demand placed on your brain or physical body whereas
anxiety is a feeling of fear, worry, or unease which can be in response to
stress, or it can occur in people who are unable to identify significant
stressors in their life.
[0003] Ordinary stress and anxiety are feelings that comes and goes. In the
short term, they can help one overcome a challenge or dangerous situation
but in extreme cases they can have a great impact on the normal day to day
activities of a person.
[0004] Stress and anxiety can produce both physical and psychological
symptoms. Common physical symptoms include stomachache, muscle
tension, headache, rapid breathing, fast heartbeat, sweating, change in
appetite, trouble sleeping etc. The mental or emotional symptoms can
include panic or nervousness, especially in social settings, difficulty in
concentrating, irrational anger and restlessness to name a few.
[0005] This problem is treated by various branches of medicine like
Allopathy, Homeopathy, Ayurveda and Chinese medicine using their
respective therapies.
[0006] Conscious breathing is awareness of breathing. Physiologically,
breathing is under both conscious and subconscious control.
[0007] Research on conscious breathing and its effects on health are
showing promising results in psychotherapy, relieving 'tension-anxiety'
and fatigue in cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy,
enhancing the immunoregulatory system and reducing stress, anxiety, and

depression.
[0008] Focusing on breath has also promising results in promoting couple
relationships.
[0009] Various devices for measuring and reducing the stress have been
developed.
[0010] US2018242860A1 discloses a wearable biofeedback belt device
configured to be attached to a subject and includes at least one
physiological sensor configured to identify the subject and to detect or
measure physiological information from the subject, at least one motion
sensor, at least one battery, digital memory storage, at least one processor,
and at least one transceiver. The received information may be analyzed to
identify and/or predict psychological and/or physiological stress for the
subjects.
[0011] US2016001034A1 discloses a system for reducing anxiety in an
individual which includes a wearable device consisting of individually
expandable units for applying pressure to a specific body region of the
individual when expanded and an expandable support unit for expanding
and countering the pressure applied to the specific body region by each
individual expandable pressure unit.
[0012] This New Wearable Helped Me Chill Out: Spire the article
describes a device that monitors the breathing pattern of the subject and
send the signals to the app on the mobile phone which would inform the
user if he is stressed or not.
[0013] Breathing Monitoring and Pattern Recognition with Wearable Sensors describes various technologies of non-invasive breathing analysis using wearable sensors associated with machine learning techniques for pattern detection.
[0014] In order to overcome the limitation of the prior art, there is a need to provide a device which continuously communicates the breathing rate pattern to the user and will provide the real-time biofeedback to the user to

become conscious of the breathing in real time and become aware of breathing.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
[0015] The principal object of the present invention is to
overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.
[0016] An object of the present invention is to provide a wearable
mindfulness enhancing device (wMED) which utilizes the power of
conscious mind to heal itself from the various psychosomatic pathologies.
[0017] Another object of the present invention is to develop a breath
vibration device (BVD) prototype.
[0018] Another object of the present invention is to develop a
device that helps in enhancing the conscious mindful breathing.
[0019] Yet another object of the present invention is to develop a
device that helps to alleviate serious breathing problems.
[0020] Another object of the present invention is to develop a device that
does not use any external medicine and has no side effects.
[0021] The foregoing and other objects of the present invention
will become readily apparent upon further review of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
SUMMARY
[0022] The present invention relates to a device for reducing stress
induced anxiety in an individual and, more particularly, to a wearable system which utilizes the power of conscious mind to heal itself from the various psychosomatic pathologies.
[0001] An aspect of the present disclosure provides A wearable mindfulness enhancing device (wMED), said device comprising: a wearable belt configured to be worn around the waist of a subject, wherein the wearable belt is configured with a set of sensors to sense one or more

attributes associated with breathing pattern of the subject; and a wearable
band configured to be worn around the wrist of the subject, the wearable
band is operatively coupled to the wearable belt, wherein the wearable
band is configured to: receive the sensed one or more attributes in real
time; compare the sensed one or more attributes with a predefined
threshold, wherein if the sensed one or more attributes breaches the
predefined threshold the wearable band is configured to generate an alert
signal, and wherein the alert signal facilitates the subject in taking
corrective action, and wherein the corrective action comprises of becoming
conscious of one's breathing pattern and consciously observe the incoming
and outgoing breath at the entrance of nostrils, and wherein the conscious
breathing facilitates the subject in relieving stress related anxiety and other
psychosomatic miseries.
[0002] In an aspect, the device is configured to generate any or a
combination of audio alert, visual alert and vibration alert to the subject
based on the generated alert signal.
[0003] In an aspect, the one or more attributes comprises respiration rate.
[0004] In an aspect, the wearable belt is adjustable such that tightness of
the wearable belt around the waist of the subject is optimisable.
[0005] In an aspect, the wearable belt is configured with a force sensor to
sense degree of tightness.
[0006] In an aspect, the wearable belt is configured with a set of light
emitting diodes (LEDs) that are configured to emit light based on the
degree of tightness.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0007] So that the manner in which the above-recited features of the
present invention can be understood in detail, a more particular description
of the invention, briefly summarized above, may have been referred by
embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. It is
to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical
embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered

limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective
embodiments.
[0008] These and other features, benefits, and advantages of the present
invention will become apparent by reference to the following text figure,
with like reference numbers referring to like structures across the views,
wherein:
[0009] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary representation of wearable
mindfulness enhancing device (wMED worn by a subject, in accordance
with an embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0010] The following description includes the preferred best mode
of one embodiment of the present invention. It will be clear from this
description of the invention that the invention is not limited to these
illustrated embodiments but that the invention also includes a variety of
modifications and embodiments thereto. Therefore the present description
should be seen as illustrative and not limiting. While the invention is
susceptible to various modifications and alternative constructions, it
should be understood, that there is no intention to limit the invention to the
specific form disclosed, but, on the contrary, the invention is to cover all
modifications, alternative constructions, and equivalents falling within the
spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.
[0011] In any embodiment described herein, the open-ended terms
"comprising," "comprises," and the like (which are synonymous with "including," "having" and "characterized by") may be replaced by the respective partially closed phrases "consisting essentially of," consists essentially of," and the like or the respective closed phrases "consisting of," "consists of, the like.
[0012] As used herein, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the"
designate both the singular and the plural, unless expressly stated to

designate the singular only.
[0023] The present invention relates to a device for reducing stress
induced anxiety in an individual and, more particularly, to a wearable
system which utilizes the power of conscious mind to heal itself from the
various psychosomatic pathologies.
[0013] An aspect of the present disclosure provides A wearable
mindfulness enhancing device (wMED), said device comprising: a
wearable belt configured to be worn around the waist of a subject, wherein
the wearable belt is configured with a set of sensors to sense one or more
attributes associated with breathing pattern of the subject; and a wearable
band configured to be worn around the wrist of the subject, the wearable
band is operatively coupled to the wearable belt, wherein the wearable
band is configured to: receive the sensed one or more attributes in real
time; compare the sensed one or more attributes with a predefined
threshold, wherein if the sensed one or more attributes breaches the
predefined threshold the wearable band is configured to generate an alert
signal, and wherein the alert signal facilitates the subject in taking
corrective action, and wherein the corrective action comprises of becoming
conscious of one's breathing pattern and consciously observe the incoming
and outgoing breath at the entrance of nostrils, and wherein the conscious
breathing facilitates the subject in relieving stress related anxiety and other
psychosomatic miseries.
[0014] In an aspect, the device is configured to generate any or a
combination of audio alert, visual alert and vibration alert to the subject
based on the generated alert signal.
[0015] In an aspect, the one or more attributes comprises respiration rate.
[0016] In an aspect, the wearable belt is adjustable such that tightness of
the wearable belt around the waist of the subject is optimisable.
[0017] In an aspect, the wearable belt is configured with a force sensor to
sense degree of tightness.
[0018] In an aspect, the wearable belt is configured with a set of light

emitting diodes (LEDs) that are configured to emit light based on the degree of tightness.
[0019] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary representation of a wearable mindfulness enhancing device (wMED) worn by a subject, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
[0020] The present invention relates to a wearable mindfulness enhancing device (wMED) which utilizes the power of conscious mind to heal itself from the various psychosomatic pathologies.
[0021] In an embodiment, a wearable mindfulness enhancing device (wMED) comprises a wearable belt 104 configured to be worn around the waist of a subject 102. The belt measures human respiration rate. Further, the belt comprises a force sensor (not shown) and an adjustable nylon strap to measure respiration effort and rate.
[0022] In an embodiment, the belt 104 comprises an LED indicator that provides feedback so that tension of the belt 104 around the waist of the subjest 102 can be optimized for best results.
[0023] In an embodiment, the belt 104 can be worn around the chest or abdomen of the subject 102. The sensors does not need to rest on the skin. Further, the belt 104 can be worn over clothing. In an embodiment, the sensor can be secured to the subject 102 using the strap and clips provided in the respiratory belt 104. The sensor box is positioned so that it is located just below the sternum of the subject 102.
[0024] The tension indicator LED can be located in the bottom left corner of the sensor label, just below the checkmark. If the light is not on, tighten the strap until the light turns green. Loosen the strap if the light turns red. A red light indicates too much tension.
[0025] In an embodiment, the device comprises a wearable band 106 that can be configured to be worn around the wrist of the subject 102. The band can be configured to receive the respiratory data in real time from the belt 104. Further, the band is configured to compare the received respiratory data from the belt with a predefined rate threshold, wherein based on

comparison if the respiratory rate of the subject 102 crosses the set
respiratory rate threshold. The subject 102 can receives the real time
information on whether respiraty rate crosses the set threshold. Once the
subject 102 becomes concious of this information the subject in real time
consciously observes the respiratory flow of breath at the entrance of
nostrils. This consious observation of the breath air flow at the entrance of
nostrils helps in increasing consciousness of mind and consequently
reliving the anxiety, stress in a natural way.
[0026] In an important embodiment of the present invention, the device
aims to use the power of conscious breathing to enhance mindfulness. The
conscious state of mind would be realized by achieving conscious
breathing.
[0027] In an another embodiment of the present invention, the device
would generate vibrations synchronized to users breathing pattern. The
breathing patterns being related to the various emotions present in the
user's mind, these synchronized vibrations would give the live
biofeedback to the user making him/her conscious of various emotions in
the present moment.
[0028] In an another embodiment of the present invention, once the
subject becomes conscious of these emotions in the present moment and
starts observing the breathing pattern consciously, the breathing pattern
would become normal.
[0029] In an another embodiment of the present invention, the device
comprises of a vibration belt which will be worn at the umbilicus level or
chest as required and will be synchronized to the breathing pattern of the
subject.
[0030] In yet an another embodiment of the present invention, the device
produced vibrations which is synchronized to the breathing rate that will
produce sensations which assist in quick realization of conscious breathing
for desired durations.
[0031] This device will generate vibrations synchronized to users

breathing pattern which in turn are related to the various emotions present in the user's mind, these synchronized vibrations will give the live biofeedback to the user making him/her conscious of various emotions in the present moment. The increase in consciousness will help subjects to be more focused and take right decision at right time and relieve their stress related anxiety and other psychosomatic miseries.
[0032] Although the field of the invention has been described herein with limited reference to specific embodiments, this description is not meant to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications of the disclosed embodiments, as well as alternate embodiments of the invention, will become apparent to persons skilled in the art upon reference to the description.

CLAIMS e Claim:
A wearable mindfulness enhancing device (wMED), said device comprising: a wearable belt configured to be worn around the waist of a subject, wherein the wearable belt is configured with a set of sensors to sense one or more attributes associated with breathing pattern of the subject; and
a wearable band configured to be worn around the wrist of the subject, the wearable band is operatively coupled to the wearable belt, wherein the wearable band is configured to:
receive the sensed one or more attributes in real time; compare the sensed one or more attributes with a predefined threshold, wherein if the sensed one or more attributes breaches the predefined threshold the wearable band is configured to generate an alert signal, and wherein the alert signal facilitates the subject in taking corrective action, and
wherein the corrective action comprises any of breathing slow and breathing fast, and
wherein the controlled breathing facilitates the subject in achieving any or a combination of conscious breathing and relieve stress related anxiety and other psychosomatic miseries.
The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device is configured to generate any or a combination of audio alert, visual alert and vibration alert to the subject based on the generated alert signal.
The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more attributes comprises respiration rate.
The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wearable belt is adjustable such that tightness of the wearable belt around the waist of the subject is optimisable.
The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the wearable belt is configured with a force sensor to sense degree of tightness.

The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the wearable belt is configured with a set of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are configured to emit light based on the degree of tightness.