A pilot study of a wearable apnoea detection device.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Current techniques for monitoring patients for apnoea suffer from significant limitations. These include insufficient availability to meet diagnostic needs, cost, accuracy of results in the presence of artefacts and difficulty of use in unsupervised conditions.

Objectives

We created and clinically tested a novel miniature medical device that targets overcoming these limitations.

Methods

We studied 20 healthy control participants and 10 patients who had been referred for sleep apnoea diagnosis. The performances of the new system and also of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved SOMNO clinical system, conventionally used for sleep apnoea diagnosis were evaluated under the same conditions. Both systems were tested during a normal night of sleep in con

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Villegas E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4187450 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature