I-Corps: SleepEez: Point-of-care sensor for prediction and prevention of sleep apnea

I-Corps：SleepEez：用于预测和预防睡眠呼吸暂停的护理点传感器

• 批准号: 1355765
• 负责人: Satish Bukkapatnam
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Oklahoma State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1355765&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; SleepEez; Point; care; sensor

The research team has developed a point-of-care health technology that offers a new approach for the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). The technology uses a wireless wearable multi-sensor suite and algorithm to monitor an OSA patient's biorhythms during sleep, predict a sleep apnea event several minutes ahead of its inception and gently stimulate the muscles responsible for the obstruction when a sleep apnea episode is predicted to be imminent. Central to the technology is the suite of sensors coupled with advanced "big data" prediction methods.The current treatments for OSA include Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and various forms of surgery. The approach offered by this technology has the potential to be far less expensive than CPAP or surgery, and is less invasive. This technology would provide at-home monitoring and treatment of OSA and would benefit the biomedical solution providers who are interested in providing cost-savings and at-home monitoring and treatment.

该研究团队开发了一种即时医疗保健技术，为治疗阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停（OSA）提供了一种新方法。该技术使用无线可穿戴多传感器套件和算法来监测 OSA 患者在睡眠期间的生物节律，在睡眠呼吸暂停事件发生前几分钟进行预测，并在预计发生睡眠呼吸暂停事件时轻轻刺激造成阻塞的肌肉。迫在眉睫。该技术的核心是一套传感器与先进的“大数据”预测方法相结合。目前 OSA 的治疗方法包括持续气道正压通气 (CPAP) 和各种形式的手术。该技术提供的方法可能比 CPAP 或手术便宜得多，而且侵入性较小。该技术将提供 OSA 的家庭监测和治疗，并使有兴趣提供成本节约和家庭监测和治疗的生物医学解决方案提供商受益。