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Instruction Manual | Biofeedback-Training | eSense-App | Electrodes
Instruction Manual | Biofeedback-Training | eSense-App
Please read these operating instructions carefully before using the
Version 2.3.6 | August 24, 2018
th
Version 4.2.8 | 13
of June, 2019
unit for the first time.

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  • Page 1 HANDBOOK HANDBOOK Instruction Manual | Biofeedback-Training | eSense-App | Electrodes Version 2.3.6 | August 24, 2018 Instruction Manual | Biofeedback-Training | eSense-App Version 4.2.8 | 13 of June, 2019 Please read these operating instructions carefully before using the unit for the first time.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Essential Functions of eSense Respiration ................4 Standard scope ........................6 General Information about Breathing and Breathing Training ..........7 Introduction to eSense Respiration ..................8 Breath Measurement and Biofeedback Training ..............8 Operating Instructions for eSense Respiration ..............12 Training Procedure .......................13...
  • Page 3 New: Smart bulbs (optional) ....................45 Extension of the Cable of the eSense ...................46 Troubleshooting Measuring Signal and Breathing Belt ............46 EC Declaration of Conformity for Mindfield eSense Respiration ...........47 Privacy policy ........................48 Transmission of Anonymous Usage Data and Crash Reports ...........48 Contact ..........................49...

  • Page 4: Essential Functions Of Esense Respiration

    Essential Functions of eSense Respiration eSense Respiration is a breathing belt sensor that uses a smartphone/tablet and an app to accurately measure your breathing. The sensor focuses on the feedback of your breathing. eSense Respiration provides breathing training with biofeedback and...
  • Page 5 • Regular app updates • Possible combination with the eSense Pulse for heart rate variability biofeedback with determination of the coherence between heartbeat and respiration!

  • Page 6: Standard Scope

    Scope of delivery of the eSense Respiration: - Mindfield® eSense Respiration Sensor incl. replacement spring - Expansion strap - eSense App from Mindfield (Apple App Store, Google Play or Amazon App Store) - Detailed instructions for effective biofeedback training Attention! •...

  • Page 7: General Information About Breathing And Breathing Training

    Follow this suggestion and develop your own routines and integrate breathing training into your everyday life, first with and later without biofeedback. The eSense Respiration is a powerful tool to help you breathe better.

  • Page 8: Introduction To Esense Respiration

    You can put the eSense Respiration Stretch Belt either around the chest or around the abdomen. Abdominal breathing is measured and trained more frequently.
  • Page 9 3: Adjustment options for the breathing aid with 2: Adjustment options for breathing aid freely selectable times for inhalation, holding, (ball; line) and tones exhalation, holding and the resulting breaths per minute 4: Breathing aid as a ball (right) with a measured breathing curve (left) and coherence between breathing and curve...
  • Page 10 Respiration is not a medical device and may only be used for stress reduction. The eSense Respiration is a handy device. It can record respiration and display it as a measurement curve, for example. Look at the following example of a measurement at...
  • Page 11 The curve looks very different under requirements and with uneven breathing, as the following figure shows: 6: Example of eSense Respiration curve for tension or requirements and erratic, irregular, fast and shallow breathing. In this example above, the curve is uneven, and the deflections are different.

  • Page 12: Operating Instructions For Esense Respiration

    Operating Instructions for eSense Respiration Contents of the packaging: eSense Respiration Sensor Unit (black box with inserted spring + one replacement spring to replace in case of defect of inserted spring) eSense Respiration Stretch Strap, variable length adjustable Printed guide Remove the eSense from its packaging.

  • Page 13: Training Procedure

    • Avoid exposing the sensor to high temperatures or sunlight. • If the eSense Respiration is stored near freezing point, allow it to warm to room temperature before next use. • Do not attempt to open the sensor; the spring can be replaced without opening the housing.

  • Page 14: First Training Phase (Observation And Experimentation; Determination Of The Actual State)

    5. Rotate your smartphone or tablet to landscape so you can see the oscilloscope. 6. Now start a free measurement (simply press "Start" on the main screen) and look at your breathing curve. Now it is a matter of finding an optimal setting for the belt, where an expansion of your chest or abdomen leads directly to a force transfer to the sensor and to a deflection of the measuring curve upwards.
  • Page 15 session length to a fixed duration, so you do not have to stop at the right time. Now set the session length to ten minutes. 2. Try to relax as much as possible and DO NOT observe the breathing curve during these first ten minutes, as this would falsify the measurement.

  • Page 16: Second Training Phase (Targeted Biofeedback Training Based On The Measured Values)

    the breathing target, this pie chart is unimportant. However, look at the chart of breaths per minute and note the proportion of breaths that occurs most frequently. You're probably still breathing orange and red, which is perfectly normal. A training goal in respiratory biofeedback is to achieve a particularly slow breathing rhythm with increasing difficulty.
  • Page 17 Breathing as a curve and in bar form 3. Now try to achieve a state of passive observation and allowing breathing through targeted relaxation and calm, even breathing. You can test different feedback variants of the app and test relaxation techniques. At first you can also consciously control your breathing (deep inhalation and exhalation).

  • Page 18: Third Training Phase (Provocation, Relaxation And Stress Management)

    2 seconds for inhalation and 3 seconds for exhalation (5 seconds per breath/12 breaths per minute) You can also set a hold time between inhalation and exhalation breaths. However, we recommend setting this to 0 at the beginning (i.e., no holding time) and experimenting with the holding time only during advanced training.

  • Page 19: Fourth Training Phase (Transfer, And Relaxation Without Feedback)

    and since this reaction is also proportional to the strength and significance of the stimulus. 2. Start the measurement and observe your breathing curve for a while. Then try to relax. The training begins with a resting phase of a few minutes. 3.

  • Page 20: Features Of The Mindfield Esense App

    Features of the Mindfield eSense App The eSense includes the Mindfield eSense App, which you can download for free from the Google Play Store (Android), the Apple App Store (iOS) or the Amazon App Store.
  • Page 21 Download-Links: iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/mindfield-esense/id1141032160?mt=8 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mindfield.boisystem.esense&hl=de Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B073VPZ97R In the following the app is described in all details.

  • Page 22: General View

    General View Measurement Change between duration beam, breathing aid and breathing aid Current elongation coherence of the belt Breathing scale Breathing aid coherence Zoom for breath scale Evenness of respiration in % Current elongation of Breaths per the belt minute Display whether the value is rising Starting, stopping...

  • Page 23: Breathing Aid

    Currently calculated RA (Respiration Amplitude = how deep you breathe) Set mark Wipe the screen to the left or right to switch between this main view and the other views. After the measurement, you can also switch to the pie charts. Breathing aid Breathe as the sphere...

  • Page 24: Survey (Optional)

    Survey (optional) If you have activated this option in the general settings, a small survey will appear immediately after each measurement. This gives you the opportunity to archive long- term reproducible measurements or to document a change in your measurements (for example, if you start using the eSense while lying instead of sitting).

  • Page 25: Explanation Of The Individual Measured Values

    Explanation of the Individual Measured Values Score (developed specifically by Mindfield) For the Mindfield app, we have developed our own score system. This score, developed by us, should simply tell you how good your heart rate variability is with just one number.
  • Page 26 / or a higher amplitude but constant time results in a higher value. Regularity (developed specifically by Mindfield) We also included the regularity as another value. This is also recorded by a formula...
  • Page 27 breaths per minute). The number of breaths per minute also depends on the activity. Breathing depth In simple terms, the depth of breath means how deeply you breathe. The Maximum RA (Respiration Amplitude) is the maximum of the calculated amplitude. The higher this value is, the deeper you breathe.

  • Page 28: General Settings (Overview)

    General settings (overview) Feedback direction Select the direction in which you want the feedback to address. It can respond either to an increase or decrease in the measured values. The values increase when inhaled and decrease when exhaled. So, choose which breathing phase you prefer to occupy with positive feedback.
  • Page 29 Interval Set an interval for the tone feedback. Tactile Feedback Your device will vibrate to feedback. Only smartphones support this feature; tablets do not have a vibration motor. Tactile feedback direction Decide whether decreasing ("Decrease") or increasing ("Increase") tactile feedback values should be considered a success. Smart Bulb Feedback The light bulb changes its color depending on the values.
  • Page 30 Time length X-Axis You can set the time period displayed on the X-axis of the oscilloscope. We recommend 90 seconds. Decimal separator You can choose between comma or dot. Sample Rate (CSV Export) This determines how many values per second are recorded in the CSV file. More values (a higher Hz value) produce more detailed data, but also increase the size of the CSV file.

  • Page 31: Archive (Overview)

    Archive (Overview) The app contains an archive in which all your recordings are stored. You can view them again in detail, compare them with each other and export them individually or all together (as a ZIP file). Records Here you can see your measurements listed. You can view a single measurement by tapping it.
  • Page 32 Database You can import and export all measurements as a database (.sql file). The database is currently saved on your device and can be re-imported later after a new installation of the app. With a future update of the eSense App we will also add the function of an online backup to the database.

  • Page 33: Archive (Single View)

    Google Sheets™ has almost the same functions as Excel™ and a very similar handling. Note: have also compiled detailed instructions for CSV export and processing of your data in a separate manual. You can find it under the following link: http://mindfield.de/esense-csv-anleitung...
  • Page 34 Excel™ or Google Tabellen™. We have summarized this point and a detailed manual for CSV export and processing of your data in a separate manual. You can find it under the following link: http://mindfield.de/esense-csv-anleitung...

  • Page 35: Mark Function

    Exported measurement in Excel Mark function You can also set markers during the measurement. For example, if one of your biofeedback exercises involves quiet breathing, you can set a marker at that location during the measurement. Later in the exported data, you will see where you breathed calmly.

  • Page 36: Procedures

    Procedures A procedure consists of different modules. The procedures can be used, for example, to implement instructions for relaxation, a stress test, a defined biofeedback training session or tasks for research purposes. The possibilities are manifold. During a procedure your breathing is naturally recorded. At the end of a procedure, a summary is displayed, showing your readings for each module and the overall view.

  • Page 37: Procedure Editor

    Procedure Editor Procedures Name Here you can give your procedure a suitable name (as an example in the picture, the name "Relaxation"). Decimal separator You can choose between point or comma. Sample Rate (CSV Export) This determines how many values per second are recorded.

  • Page 38: Add New Module

    Add new module Module type You can choose from a text, an image, a video, an audio file, a fixation cross, an arrow or a bar graph. Module duration Set how long the module should last. Simply move the slider to the left or right. Module color Specify the color of the module in the Procedure Editor.

  • Page 39: Overview Of The Modules

    Overview of the modules Text module Image module Video module With the video module, you This module displays text The image module shows can also use either the that you can edit as you you either a standard standard video included with like.
  • Page 40 gives you direct your relaxation, giving you biofeedback. direct biofeedback. Picture module in landscape format The procedures can, of course, also be displayed in landscape format. Bar graph module The bar graph shows you the current value and gives you direct biofeedback.
  • Page 41 Oscilloscope Type HRV Curve Oscilloscope Type Breathing curve (ball) Oscilloscope Type Both...

  • Page 42: Meditations

    Procedure in the archive Meditations You can also choose one of our guided meditations as a procedure. The breathing meditation is already included in the eSense app. We will also offer four more meditations shortly as in-app purchases. The meditations thus offer you an easy way to train your awareness and attention and, at the same time, receive biofeedback.

  • Page 43: Supported Android Devices

    4) When you are done with the settings of the module, tap on the check mark 3) Scroll down and choose add module to procedure 5) Add an oscilloscope and breath pacer 6) Start the procedure module by tapping the play button Supported Android devices In general, Android smartphones and tablets can be used with Android 4.4 or later...

  • Page 44: Supported Ios Devices

    Supported iOS devices You can use the following iOS devices with the eSense: • Apple® iPhone® 4S or higher • Apple® iPad® from 3. Generation • Apple® iPad® Pro (in combination with a USB-C to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter) • Apple® iPod touch® from 5. Generation •...

  • Page 45: New: Smart Bulbs (Optional)

    New: Smart bulbs (optional) Smart bulb in use with eSense Respiration The eSense app supports biofeedback via smart bulbs. Smart light bulbs (LED) can change their colors and brightness and can be controlled via Bluetooth. This allows you, in combination with the eSense app, to use the light from smart bulbs as an indicator of your stress or relaxation level.

  • Page 46: Extension Of The Cable Of The Esense

    Troubleshooting Measuring Signal and Breathing Belt 1. If there are any problems using the eSense Respiration, please check the belt and spring. The harness should be positioned around your chest or abdomen in a tensioned position but should not be uncomfortably tight or squeezed. The spring is under the belt.

  • Page 47: Ec Declaration Of Conformity For Mindfield Esense Respiration

    WEEE-Reg.-Nr. DE 24465971 hereby declares that the following product: "Mindfield® eSense Respiration" in combination with the Mindfield® eSense Skin Response" complies with the provisions of the Directives identified above, including their amendments in force at the time of the declaration.

  • Page 48: Privacy Policy

    Access the location: The access to the location (activation of GPS) is only required if a Bluetooth connection to the Magic Blue bulb (optionally available) or the eSense Respiration is to be established. This is mandatory under Android and is beyond the control of the publisher of the eSense app. No standard data is collected as the standard function is not used.

  • Page 49: Contact

    Medical information The Mindfield eSense sensors are not medical devices and may therefore only be used for stress reduction. If you suffer from an illness, do not treat yourself and always consult a therapist. Warranty by the manufacturer The statutory warranty obligations apply to all our products. If you have a defect or any other problem with our products, please contact us directly.

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