Process and apparatus for selecting or designing products...

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2005-08-30

2005-08-30

Hindenburg, Max F. (Department: 3736)

Surgery

Sleep or relaxation inducing therapy

Sensory

C600S544000, C702S033000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06936000

ABSTRACT:
A process and apparatus for selecting or designing a product, such as a muffler, having a complex, content-free sound output which is less stressful or more pleasing. The process includes the steps of sensing at least one physiological response of a subject (21) while the subject listens to an initial content-free sound output, repeating the sensing step for a new content-free sound output, comparing the physiological responses, and selecting the sound output for use in selecting or designing the product which output produces the physiological response that is the least stressful or most pleasing to the subject. The apparatus includes an audio playback device (15), a sound recording (16) of the initial sound, a sound recording (16) of the new sound, and physiological monitoring apparatus (17) suitable for attachment to and monitoring of the physiological responses of the test subject (21) to the playback of the sound recordings.

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