A New Device for Untethered Home Sleep Studies

描述（由申请人提供）：该第II阶段提案的具体目标是开发和临床测试无束缚家庭睡眠监测器（UHSM）。UHSM将具有最先进临床系统的所有基本功能。UHSM不会与现有睡眠实验室的需求竞争。UHSM将增加这些实验室每晚可以完成的睡眠研究的数量，以增加他们的利润，并将为他们提供在非传统地点进行研究的工具。移动系统将能够通过RF链路将数据传输到附近的计算机进行实时监测和/或使用闪存存储数据以供以后下载。UHSM将包含干电极，以缩短设置时间并减少患者不适。 此外，软件算法将检测到电极何时从受试者身上松动并需要更换。UHSM将是一种经济、方便、不显眼的生物电和呼吸信号测量方法。UHSM将在睡眠研究诊所进行临床测试，并与标准临床监测设备进行比较。最后，UHSM将接受家庭睡眠研究，以分析信号质量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The specific goal of this Phase II proposal is to develop and clinically test an Untethered Home Sleep Monitor (UHSM). The UHSM will have all the essential capabilities of state-of-the-art clinical systems. The UHSM will not compete with the need for existing sleep laboratories. The UHSM will increase the number of sleep studies those laboratories can complete per night to increase their profits and will give them a tool for studies in nontraditional locations. The ambulatory system will be able to transmit data via an RF link to a nearby computer for real-time monitoring and/or store the data using flash memory for later download. The UHSM will incorporate dry electrodes to reduce setup time and decrease patient discomfort. In addition, software algorithms will detect when electrodes have come loose from a subject and need replacing.The UHSM will be of great utility for clinicians in sleep laboratories. The UHSM will be an economical, convenient, and unobtrusive method for measuring bioelectric and respiratory signals. The UHSM will be clinically tested at a sleep study clinic and compared to standard clinical monitoring equipment. Finally, the UHSM will undergo home sleep studies for analysis of signal quality.