Eye shields reset the circadian rhythm in the body, improving sleep

Stanford University researchers in California have recently developed a new eye shield that can reset the biological clock in the body so you can sleep more easily at night.

This high-tech sleeping visor uses flash technology to adjust your daily bio-rhythm by sending pulses of light when you sleep.

Lumos Smart Sleep Mask manufacturer said these pulses are similar to the camera flash, which stimulates light-sensitive nerves in the brain, sending signals to inhibit or produce melatonin, the hormone that helps Control your awake, sleep cycle.

Researchers hope that this technology will be less expensive, easier to use and more effective for people who cannot sleep due to insomnia or restless leg syndrome.

High-tech sleeping eye cover.

Our biological clock is synchronized with dark light changes and regulates many physiological processes including body temperature model, brain activity, hormone production.

Light is a major cause of biological rhythm. When the sun rises, the brain sends signals to the pineal gland to prevent melatonin production.

But when the sun goes down, the pineal gland receives signals to secrete melatonin to make you more sleepy.

People who stay up all night often keep the light all night, so they are interrupted by the signals that tell the body it's time to go to bed.

If the body does not receive these signals, the circadian rhythm may be completely eliminated.

Dr. Robert Oexman, sleep expert in Joplin, Missouri, said: 'Whenever we affect the circadian rhythm, our sleep is affected, the health consequences are also quite large. '.

Recently, sleep technologies have introduced light therapy as a way to help people sleep better.

"Simple light therapy is about resetting our biological clock. We offer bright light in the morning and dim light in the evening," Dr. Oexman said.

Lumos Smart Sleep Mask works by sending pulses of millisecond light - similar to the camera's flash - to stimulate nerves in the brain sensitive to light.

The eye patch team says these light pulses can affect suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) , a brain region that links the circadian rhythm with many different signaling molecules.

Stimulating this part of the brain properly to get the synchronic circadian rhythm back can help reset the sleep-wake clock.

Manufacturers also say that this eye patch can help people with restless leg syndrome. They said: 'For people with this syndrome, we can actually change the sleep cycle by three or four hours in one night'.