A New Device for Untethered Home Sleep Studies

描述（由申请人提供）：该II期提案的具体目标是开发和临床测试一种无系绳家庭睡眠监测仪（UHSM）。UHSM将拥有最先进的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。门诊系统将能够通过射频链路将数据传输到附近的计算机进行实时监控和/或使用闪存存储数据以供以后下载。UHSM将采用干电极，以减少设置时间和减少患者的不适。此外，软件算法将检测电极何时从受试者身上脱落并需要更换。UHSM对睡眠实验室的临床医生有很大的实用价值。UHSM将是一种经济、方便、不显眼的测量生物电和呼吸信号的方法。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将进行家庭睡眠研究，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.