MUMBAI, India, Aug. 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621081474 A) filed by Symbiosis International Deemed University on July 01, 2026, for Structured Sleep Hygiene Intervention System For Geriatric Chronic Pain Management.
Inventors include Shivani Sunil More; and Dr. Jasneet Kaur.
The application for the patent was published on August 21, 2026, under issue no. 34/2026.
Abstract: ABSTRACT STRUCTURED SLEEP HYGIENE INTERVENTION SYSTEM FOR GERIATRIC CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT A structured sleep hygiene intervention system (100) for improving sleep quality in elderly individuals with chronic pain comprising a baseline assessment module (110) with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index evaluator (114) and Numerical Pain Rating Scale assessor (116), a multi-component intervention module (120) integrating yoga therapy (122), meditation and deep breathing (124), warm foot soak therapy (126), and sleep hygiene education (128), an intervention scheduling module (130) with a progressive daily session scheduler (132) and two-week curriculum manager (134), an outcome evaluation module (140) with pre-post comparative analysis engine (144), and an adaptive feedback module (150). The system implements a daily two-hour non-pharmacological protocol over fourteen days, combining complementary therapeutic modalities to improve sleep quality. Pilot evaluation demonstrated PSQI score reduction from 16.0 to 7.3 with t-value 31.8 and p-value less than 0.001 among 70 elderly participants. [
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