Sleep Apnea Detecting and Monitoring System(SADMS)

Sleep Apnea is a serious sleep disorder that causes pauses in breathing during sleep. Breathing pauses can last from 10 seconds to several minutes and occur at least five times per hour. Sleep apnea may be diagnosed and monitored by In-Lab sleep study that requires the patient to stay overnight at the hospital. Even though an In-Lab polysomnography is very effective, it is highly costly. This paper presents a design to a user-friendly system that detects and monitors sleep apnea at home with a low cost. The device uses a nasal temperature sensor that senses the change in breathing to detect sleep apnea events. In case of a severe apnea event, the device can wake the patient up and send an SMS to an authorized person. Users can visualize the results of their sleep study using a mobile application. The application allows the user to send the recorded data to the doctor or the sleep center.