Smartphones and mobile devices can now help experts track the quality of your sleep.

Healthcare professionals are constantly looking for ways to improve the ease of diagnosis and comfort of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) sufferers.

• Individuals with obstructive sleep apnea at the moderate to severe level are 4.5 times as likely to have coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, and angina as are those without sleep apnea.
• Various studies have reported that moderate to severe untreated sleep apnea patients have between 4-10 times as many motor vehicle accidents as the general population.
• With the growing awareness to sleep disorders, waiting lists are growing, and in many laboratories the waiting time for a study exceeds 6 months.

To help millions of patients waiting to be diagnosed and treated, Cyberfab is introducing EMediate Sleep, the first wireless modular sleep apnea diagnosis system for OSA screening at home using mobile technology.

State of the art:

Leading experts have recently demonstrated (*) that several technologies are suitable to rival polysomnography for many cases of sleep apnea. Based on these studies, Cyberfab developed a modular solution for doctors to be able to record physiological signals using Bluetooth technology while you sleep in your own bed.

Ease of use:

Your referring physician will provide you with a complete package. Prior to going to bed, you place small and lightweight sensors (smaller than a deck of cards) on your wrist or ankle (sensor is on your finger or toe) and/or your chest (2 lead ECG).

As your night progresses, the physiological data is recorded in real time on the mobile device (PDA or smartphone) in your room. In the morning, the data is transferred to an expert that will analyse the different series using software packages and methods they are most familiar with. A comprehensive report is then promptly sent to your referring physician.

The technology being wireless is particularly well suited for children.

The same sensors and Bluetooth devices can also be used to periodically check the efficiency of treatments such as continuous positive air pressure or CPAP.

Both our electrocardiograms and pulse oximeters monitoring systems have been clinically validated for continuous recording over night and our system can be tailored to fit any combination of sensor signals sleep experts want to record while getting rid of wires.

“The overall cost of 10 years of OSA treatment is estimated to be close to € 25 000, a large fraction of which is related to therapy control due to repeated polysomnography sessions and in-patient stays. Our technology offers dramatic cost savings and the data recorded reflects everyday sleep conditions of patients. This could lead specialists to uncover new trends that are difficult to reproduce in sleep center settings.” declared Michael Setton, CEO of Cyberfab.

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(*) Zywietz CW, Von Einem V, Widiger B, Joseph G., ECG analysis for sleep apnea detection, Methods Inf Med. 2004;43(1):56-9.

W. A Whitelaw, R.F Brant, and W. W. Flemons, Clinical Utility of Home Oximetry Compared to Polysomnography for Assessment of Sleep Apnea, to be published in Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004