Fiscal Year:
2001
Title:
SLEEP DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE WITH WIRELESS INTERNET INTERFACE
Agency:
HHS
Contract:
N/A
Award Amount:
$100,000.00
Abstract:
DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's abstract) Advanced Medical Electronics Corporation
(AME) proposes to develop a wearable sleep diagnostic device that allows
frequent signal quality checks through an embedded cellular telephone wireless
Internet connection. This proposed system will improve access to sleep testing
by increasing the reliability of out-of-lab testing which will reduce overall
testing costs. A patient identified for a home sleep study will receive the
device through overnight delivery service. Clear instructions will guide the
patient in the placement of respiratory cannula (air flow and snore), a finger
pulse oximetry sensor, and two effort bands. The patient and a monitoring
technician can audibly communicate through the proposed device to assist in
setup and make sensor corrections if needed during the night. Thirty-second
epochs of recorded data will be sent periodically through the wireless Internet
connection embedded in the device. Technicians will manually or automatically
monitor data collection using an Internet connection to verify signal quality.
The device is returned through overnight delivery. Study costs will be
significantly reduced due to the increased reliability of data collection.
Phase I will show the feasibility of combining a sleep diagnostic device with
an embedded cellular Internet interface. Phase II will develop prototypes and
implement a trial program.
PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION:
Not Available
Principal Investigator:
Paul L. Gibson
Small Business Information at Submission:
ADVANCED MEDICAL
ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 5155 E RIVER RD, STE 416 FRIDLEY, MN 55421
EIN/Tax ID:
411693828
DUNS:
N/A
Number of Employees:
N/A
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
HUBZone-Owned:
No