A Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness and Safety of a mmWave Radar Based Sleep Respiratory Monitoring System

A Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness and Safety of a Millimeter-Wave Radar Based Sleep Respiratory Monitoring System

This study compares the diagnostic capability of a millimeter-wave radar-based Sleep Respiratory Monitoring System to the gold standard polysomnography.

The gold standard for the diagnosis of sleep breathing disorders is polysomnography (PSG), which requires contact sensors, in-lab monitoring and manual scoring by experts, limiting the comfortability of patients and accessibility of diagnosis. A novel contactless millimeter-wave radar-based Sleep Respiratory Monitoring System is developed, in order to assist sleep staging and the diagnosis of sleep breathing disorders.

The Sleep Respiratory Monitoring System is capable of collecting, recording, storing and analyzing breathing, heartbeat, spatial distribution of full-body movements, etc. via a millimeter-wave radar, and oxygen saturation, pulse, etc. via a pulse oximeter. A dedicated algorithm enables the system to detect respiratory events and estimate sleep stages based on the collected data. The device and algorithms are to be validated in this study by comparison with PSG.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants is 18 years of age or older.
• Participants is willing to undergo overnight polysomnography and Sleep Respiratory Monitoring System testing.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants with severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, severe liver, kidney, and lung dysfunction.
• Participants with unstable respiratory diseases, or other diseases in acute phase.
• Long-term or current use of barbiturates, benzodiazepines, sedatives and other drugs that may affect sleep.
• Participants that undergo CPAP treatment during the night of the trial.
• Participants with other sleep disorders, e.g. insomnia.
• Participants with mental disorders.
• Participants that refuse to sign informed consents.
• Participants unable to cooperate with medical examination.
• Participants excluded in the opinion of the investigator.