Single spot detector for sleep apnea screening

01.04.2007 - 31.03.2010
Research funding project
Sleep apneas concern several percent of the adult population - i.e. the oder of 100.000 persons in Austria. Corresponding health effects range from reduced quality of sleep to distinct reduction of life expectation. Full assessment is performed by polysomnography of strongly restricted availability. Screening apparatuses use many sensors distributed over the body which yields problems with respect to instruction, hook-up, handling, loss of data and quality of sleep. The aim of project is a portable screening system which is restricted to a single, simple to attach, plaster-like detector which contains several sensors at a single spot, thus avoiding the above disadvantages, but still offering multi-parametric assessment. So-called field plethysmography will be applied, while a focus is put on novel magneto-elastic bilayer sensors. Applicability should even comprise countries of the 3rd world.

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Grant funds

  • FWF - Österr. Wissenschaftsfonds (National) Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

Research focus

  • Sensor Systems: 100%

Keywords

GermanEnglish
Apnoescreeningapnea screening
Sensoriksensors

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