A Development of non contact type turning over induction device for patient of sleep apnea syndrome

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25560239
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Medical systems
• Research Institution: Saga University
• Principal Investigator: Sato Kazuya 佐賀大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (30284607)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 睡眠時無呼吸症候群 / ロボットアーム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is known that sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) is a serious problem in developed nations. According to the statistics data, it is said that SAS patient has a traffic accident-generation risk of approximately three times in comparison with non-SAS patient. The device which it is simple and is easy to use should be developed to prevent the SAS situation for the mild and moderate patients. In this paper, we develop an automatic judgement system of apnea state for a SAS patient and an adaptive control of a robotic arm system which stimulates turning over in bed for SAS patients only using non-contact type sensors. Experimental results are given to show the effectiveness of our developed equipment.

Free Research Field

制御工学