TY - GEN
T1 - Sleep apnea diagnostic device
AU - Habul, Mohammed
AU - Hallmark, Richard
AU - Kotlyanskiy, Aleksandr
AU - Parekh, Pooja
AU - Kamoua, Ridha
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Sleep apnea is a disorder in which people are unable to breathe while they are sleeping. The goal of this project is to design a medical device that can be used as a diagnostic tool for preliminary diagnosis of sleep apnea. The signals measured will be the respiratory rate measurement, the oxygen concentration in blood and chest oscillations. The system architecture will be divided into 5 parts, the microcontroller, the external communications, data storage, power management, and signal conditioning part. The data stored will be transmitted wirelessly to a clinic's office. The physician can interpret the data received from the medical device the next morning and conclude what the patient's condition is. There will be sensors designed to measure airflow, temperature and oxygen level. The design for the airflow and temperature measurements will be made through a Wheatstone Bridge circuit using thermistors. To measure the saturation of oxygen in the blood, a pulse oximetry technique will be used. Also, to measure chest oscillations, an accelerometer will be used. The sleep apnea diagnostic device will be available at a low cost and can be administered at home, so patients can afford to purchase it. The device will also reduce costs for the patient because the patient does not have to pay for an overnight stay at the clinic to determine if he or she has sleep apnea. High costs may occur if the doctor decides the patient needs further tests, but for patients who do not have sleep apnea, however think they are inflicted with the disorder, will not have to pay for an expensive one night stay at the clinic.
AB - Sleep apnea is a disorder in which people are unable to breathe while they are sleeping. The goal of this project is to design a medical device that can be used as a diagnostic tool for preliminary diagnosis of sleep apnea. The signals measured will be the respiratory rate measurement, the oxygen concentration in blood and chest oscillations. The system architecture will be divided into 5 parts, the microcontroller, the external communications, data storage, power management, and signal conditioning part. The data stored will be transmitted wirelessly to a clinic's office. The physician can interpret the data received from the medical device the next morning and conclude what the patient's condition is. There will be sensors designed to measure airflow, temperature and oxygen level. The design for the airflow and temperature measurements will be made through a Wheatstone Bridge circuit using thermistors. To measure the saturation of oxygen in the blood, a pulse oximetry technique will be used. Also, to measure chest oscillations, an accelerometer will be used. The sleep apnea diagnostic device will be available at a low cost and can be administered at home, so patients can afford to purchase it. The device will also reduce costs for the patient because the patient does not have to pay for an overnight stay at the clinic to determine if he or she has sleep apnea. High costs may occur if the doctor decides the patient needs further tests, but for patients who do not have sleep apnea, however think they are inflicted with the disorder, will not have to pay for an expensive one night stay at the clinic.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79960792664
U2 - 10.1109/LISAT.2011.5784232
DO - 10.1109/LISAT.2011.5784232
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960792664
SN - 9781424498772
T3 - 2011 IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, LISAT 2011
BT - 2011 IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, LISAT 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, LISAT 2011
Y2 - 6 May 2011 through 6 May 2011
ER -