Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Antisnoring device
Patent
1993-10-06
1995-10-17
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Antisnoring device
340575, A61F 556
Patent
active
054581052
ABSTRACT:
An anti-snore apparatus and method of stopping a person from snoring are disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the apparatus includes a housing that is wearable on a person's limb and a strap for securing the housing to a person's limb. Means are contained within the housing for receiving a power supply. A motor is secured to and contained within the housing. A weight is secured to an output shaft of the motor. The output shaft extends through the weight at a point outside of a center of gravity of the weight so that rotation of the weight by the output shaft produces a vibratory motion in the housing. A microphone is contained within the housing for detecting audible snoring and for producing a microphone output signal in response to such detected snoring. An audio amplifier amplifies the microphone output signal to produce an amplified microphone output signal. A comparator produces a comparator output signal in response to the amplified microphone output signal exceeding a predetermined level. An oscillator, responsive to the comparator output signal, generates an oscillator output signal characterized by a plurality of voltage pulses for switching the motor on and off a plurality of times.
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"Photographs of SAVA International/Hamburg West Germany, Snore-No-More Device", Dec. 1993, Exhibits 1-23.
SAVA International/Hamburg West Germany, "Snore-No-More Instruction Manual", date unknown, all pages.
SAVA International/Hamburg West Germany, "Snore-No-More Package Illustrations", date unkown, all pages.
Smith Blaine M.
Taylor Charles E.
Hafer Robert A.
O'Neill Michael
The Sharper Image Corporation
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