Projects:2015s1-58 Design And Development Of A New Respiratory Monitor For Detection Of Sleep Apnoea

The holistic objective of this project is to design and develop a sleep apnea monitor capable of effectively detecting the apnea events during sleep.

The apnea detection will be achieved through analyzing the respiratory signals from subjects with sleep disorder and the interaction of relevant hardware parts which are the sampling transducer and processing platform.

In the exploring procedure, due to the complexity and variability of the respiratory signal during sleep, several feasible methods will be tested and compared with each other in terms of the accuracy in order to acquire a better performance in apnea detection. Additionally, some other secondary objectives for each member involved in this project are as following. • To inspire the public to gain a deeper understanding of sleep apnea and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). • Enhance the members’ communication skills, teamwork skills, project management skills etc. • Leave valuable resources and reliable reference for the possible further research in the future.

This Research Project and Progress Report is an extended product within the context of Proposal Report, but also intended as a supplement to the previous Proposal Report. Some duplicate information previously addressed will not be reiterated. Specifically, the emphasis of this report is to demonstrate the individual contribution to the project and explain the outcomes with detailed justifications. Respiratory signal acquisition method has been proposed and three different methods in detection of apnea has also been applied over the sample signals. Meanwhile, what is planned to be done in the next semester is covered in this report as well.