Treatment apparatus employing air-bag actuation for Sleep Apnea Syndrome

A new treatment apparatus for sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) has been proposed. Objective sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common case of the SAS. Airway of OSA patient is frequently obstructed during sleep because of tongue swallowing. This apparatus is composed of a pneumatically actuated flexible vest a...

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Published in2008 International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems pp. 2010 - 2013
Main Authors Moromugi, S., Ayuse, T., Sakamoto, T., Tomimatsu, Y., Ishimatsu, T.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.10.2008
Subjects
airbag actuation
airway establishment
Automatic control
Control systems
Manuals
Medical treatment
Microcomputers
Nose
Pressure control
Sleep apnea
Sleep apnea syndrome
Synthetic aperture sonar
Tongue
treatment apparatus
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Summary:A new treatment apparatus for sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) has been proposed. Objective sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common case of the SAS. Airway of OSA patient is frequently obstructed during sleep because of tongue swallowing. This apparatus is composed of a pneumatically actuated flexible vest and a controller including an air pressure control unit. The flexible vest has sensors to detect airway obstructions and two airbags to conduct head tilt -chin lift maneuvers that are needed for airway establishment. It was demonstrated that the proposed treatment apparatus successfully detects the airway obstruction and automatically establish the airway by conducting the chin lift-head tilt maneuvers.
ISBN:8995003898
9788995003893
DOI:10.1109/ICCAS.2008.4694430