RESPeRATE lowers blood pressure by relaxing constricted blood vessels which cause high blood pressure. RESPeRATE does so by harnessing the therapeutic power of slow-paced breathing with prolonged exhalation in a way that is virtually impossible to achieve on your own. All you have to do is breathe along with RESPeRATE’s guiding tones.
An assembly of devices intended to provide visual and/or auditory signals corresponding to the status of one or more of a patient's physiological functions, e.g., brain wave activity, muscle activity, blood pressure, skin temperature, balance, so that the patient can develop some degree of conscious control over a usually involuntarily function. This system will detect changes in the physiological functions that are outside of the normal awareness, amplify these signals, and provide this as feedback to the patient. It is used in, e.g., tension headache control, muscle relaxation, rehabilitation/training, behavioural research.