To continue 4+ decades of inventing and developing healthcare products and services that optimize quality-of-life. Currently focused on developing sleep-related products and services that increase healthspan and extend life by reducing the effects of chronic stress, inflammatory response, and pain.  These proprietary products and services will specifically target the trend toward improving quality-of-sleep in the emerging boomer demographic and older generations. 
 

BACKGROUND:

Robert Bornn is an inventor, entrepreneur, marketer, and business developer.  During four decades of life-positive advocacy, Mr. Bornn has created more than a dozen health, quality-of-life, and sustainable energy inventions.  He holds five medical device patents.   He founded five research and development companies and directed the R&D of his proprietary medical monitors and ergonomic input devices.  He also established two nonprofit scientific research organizations. 

In the early 80s Mr. Bornn conducted sleep research at the Langely Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute at the University of California San Francisco.  He investigated cardiovascular concomitants of dreaming and developed innovative underwater electrophysiological recording techniques for flotation tank research. 

For the next two decades he created medical monitors and ergonomic devices.  He licensed the NightWatch™ ambulatory sleep recording and assessment system for the adult sleep apnea market.  The licensee sold $100 million of NightWatch product and was later acquired for $5 billion. 

Mr. Bornn also invented PatientWatch™ hospital patient monitor, SafeWatch™ ambulatory cardiorespiratory alert system, and LifeSense™ home personal monitor.

In the late 90s and early 21st century he invented hands-free HiBrow™ and soft-touch Companion™ ergonomic input devices. 
 

LifeSense Technologies
Founder and President
2011 - Present

Founded LifeSense Technologies (a company-in-formation) in 2011 to provide his proprietary inventions and approaches to the high-growth stress reduction, anti-inflammatory, analgesia, and sleep-disorders markets. These markets reflect the rapidly emerging boomers along with older generations of elders. As they age, these populations are especially prone to added stress, increased inflammatory response, chronic pain, and more sleep disorders. 

Mr. Bornn's product development objectives include his proprietary, AromaChill™ mindful-breathing system to manage stress by inducing calmness and relaxation.  Sleep-onset is encouraged by inhaling specially-targeted, natural, aromatic phytochemicals using a unique, learned-breathing process.  The system delivers user-selected aromas that may be conducive to reduced agitation, facilitating conditions for timely sleep-onset and maintenance of restorative and healthy sleep to improve a person's well being. 

Mr. Bornn also anticipates applying leading edge analysis to accurately label botanical products that potentially provide neuroprotectants; anti-inflammatory effect; analgesia; and uninterrupted, healthful and restorative sleep (with attendant daytime well-being and maintained or improved sexual function).  He anticipates that his proprietary labeling process will be based on a unique bio-availability analysis of the phytochemical profiles of selected plants and extracts. 

Anticipated future product research and development will also focus on additional applications which may reduce metabolism during sleep as a means to extend healthspan and promote longevity.
 

LifeSense Institute 
Founder and President 
2006 - Present

Founded this nonprofit corporation to sponsor projects dedicated to improving quality of life (www.lifesenseinstitute.org).  These projects have included the Vashon Energy Project in 2006 and ongoing educational support for Mr. Bornn’s approach to affordable, nature-integrated, and sustainable human shelter and greenhouses (www.buildingcircles.org). 
 

LifeSense, LLC 
Founder and President 
1999-2004

Founded company to research and develop his invention, the LifeSense™  personal monitor (for stroke and falls) as well as a number of other proprietary products and services for stroke prevention, education, rehabilitation, and support.  Mr. Bornn was responsible for the company’s primary vision, intellectual property creation, market analysis, strategic planning, team-building, and fund-raising.   LifeSense, LLC acquired the assets of Advanced Input Products, LLC (also founded by Mr. Bornn) including all of its intellectual property. 
 

Advanced Input Products, LLC 
Founder and President 
1994-2000 

Founded company and invented TopHat™, Companion™, and HiBrow™ ergonomic input devices. 
 

Somnus Corporation 
Founder and President 
1988-1993

Founded by Mr. Bornn initially to provide services to sleep disorders centers, and sleep health information to the public. In 1990 Mr. Bornn refocused the company on developing his proprietary medical monitors. 
 

Genesis Laboratories, Inc. 
Founder and President
1987-Present

Established scientific research company to investigate various mechanisms to utilize hypothermia for medical and life extension purposes. 
 

Advanced Medical Technologies, Inc. 
Founder and President 
1983-1988 

Founded company and raised capital to research, develop, patent, and license the NightWatch™ sleep recording and assessment system. Organized and managed professional team in product research and development, clinical trials, and obtaining FDA permission to market. 
 

Langely Porter Neuropsychiatric Institute University of California San Francisco 
Psychophysiology Research Laboratory 
Independent Affiliate and Staff Research Associate 
1980-1983 

Investigated mechanisms of sleep and cardiovascular concomitants of dreaming. Secured funding from corporate sponsor to examine effects of flotation tank environments on the quality of sleep. Directed sleep research project including: protocol design; rigorous analysis of biohazards; design and implementation of safety protocols; development of innovative underwater electrophysiological recording techniques; subject recruitment and analysis of subject data. 
 

American Longevity Association 
Chairman, Northern California Chapter 
1980s 

Founded Northern California Chapter of the American Longevity Association with Robert J. Morin, M.D.  (UCLA). 
 

SELECTED INVENTIONS

   1.  AromaChill™ relaxation system
   2.  NightWatch™ ambulatory sleep recording and assessment system 
   3.  R-BAND™ respiratory sensor band 
   4.  SafeWatch™ cardiorespiratory alert system 
   5.  SleepLine™ sleep information audiotext program 
   6.  TopHat™, Companion™, and HiBrow™ input devices 
   7.  NeuroWear™ hands-free command technology 
   8.  NeuroCom™ hands-free controller engine 
   9.  NeuroWave™ hands-free, brain wave-operated controllers 
 10.  LifeSense™ personal monitors (for cardiorespiratory events, stroke, and falls) 
 11.  BuildingCircles™ nature-integrated affordable green housing solutions 
 12.  SolarHarvester™ nature-integrated system for collection of thermal and photovoltaic solar energy 
 13.  RoadHarvester™ transportation energy recapture system 
 

PATENTS  (Granted) 

1.   U.S. Patent No. 4,784,162 (issued November 15, 1988):  “Portable, Multi-Channel, Physiological Data Monitoring System”  (I) 

2.   U.S. Patent No. 4,827,943 (issued May 9, 1989):  “Portable, Multi-Channel, Physiological Data Monitoring System”  (II) 

3.   U.S. Patent No. 5,348,008 (issued September 20, 1994):  “Cardiorespiratory Alert System” 

4.   U.S. Patent No. 5,353,793 (issued October 11, 1994):  “Sensor Apparatus” 

5.   U.S. Patent No. 5,564,429 (issued October 15, 1996):  “Method of Identifying Valid Signal-Carrying Channels in a Cardiorespiratory Alert System” 
 

PATENTS  (Applied)

6.   “Vital Signs Personal Monitor” – the LifeSense personal monitor, a home vital signs alert system to detect life-threatening events and summon help. 

7.  “Method and Apparatus for Control Device Using Head Motion” - TopHat and HiBrow hands free universal input devices. 

8.   “Adaptive Computer Input Device” – an ergonomic input device

9.   “Acute and Chronic Medical Management System” – LifeSense stroke monitor for detection of acute stroke, falls, and other acute and chronic health problems. 

10. “Distributed Piezo Electric Power Generator” – Loonguena power generation system to transduce energy from road and rail transportation. 
 

HONORS

Exhibit at San Francisco Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA. 
(computing for special needs), 1980 

Built and exhibited Biosis, a multi-channel biofeedback system for neuromuscular rehabilitation 
and stress reduction. 

Exhibit for Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City 
(Contemplation Environments), 1969 

Built and exhibited a free-form fabric and acrylic environment in which people were totally “immersed” and all lighting and sound were controlled by the visitors’ heart beats, respiration, and galvanic skin response. 
 

OTHER INTERESTS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES

Mr. Bornn founded BuildingCircles Organization in 2005 to create affordable, nature-integrated, and sustainable human shelter (www.buildingcircles.org).  In 2006 he founded LifeSense Institute, a nonprofit corporation, dedicated to humanist projects that improve our quality of life (www.lifesenseinstitute.org). 

Mr. Bornn is also an accomplished sustainable home designer, sculptor, musician, photographer, 
filmmaker, and 3-D artist.   His works are currently marketed by his production company, 
SeaDrift Media Productions (www.seadriftmedia.com).
 

EDUCATION

B.A., Psychology, 1971 
Fordham University, New York, NY 

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