SLEEP OR RELAXATION INDUCING (E.G., DIRECT NERVE STIMULATION,HYPNOSIS, ANALGESIA):
(under the class definition) Subject matter including devices, systems and techniques for influencing or causing a natural state of rest (e.g., sleep), characterized by relative physical and nervous inactivity, unconsciousness, and lessened response to physical stimuli upon a subject body or to put the body at ease or in a state of tranquility.
(1) Note. Included also herein are sensory devices for producing hypnosis or a feeling of well being; e.g., tranquility, in a patient. These devices can be applied directly to the nervous system as by electrical stimulation,
or can be designed to stimulate the body's own sensory system of visual, audio, taste, smell and tactile senses to accomplish a conscious relaxing or hypnotic effect in a patient. The sense of well being or reduced awareness produced by the devices and techniques herein can be utilized as an analgesic during a surgical procedure.
(2) Note. Drug induced sleep or relaxation therapy is not included in this subclass or its indented subclasses.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
604, Surgery, subclass 512 for methods of anesthetizing patients.
607, Surgery: Light, Thermal, and Electrical Application,
2+, and 55+ for direct electrical application to the body for treatment of pain.
