Author: Anand Subramaniam
Subramaniam, Anand, 2021 A smart supine avoidance alarm device for the treatment of supine predominant obstructive sleep apnoea, Flinders University, College of Science and Engineering
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The objective of this thesis is to develop a smart supine avoidance positional therapy device for treating Obstructive sleep apnoea. A detailed research conducted on this topic identified the potential of positional therapy in treating OSA and the current flaws in the process. The major flaw associated with this technique is the variable efficacy and lack of sleep parameter monitoring for measuring the success of the therapy. These shortcomings are believed to keep PT inferior to the first line therapy CPAP, although CPAP is intrusive in nature and expensive and have a poor patient adherence for long term therapy. The project deliverables are created to improve the current position therapy technique by integrating sleep parameter monitoring functions like snoring.
Keywords: Obstructive sleep apnoea, supine avoidance, positional therapy, CPAP, snoring
Subject: Engineering thesis
Thesis type: Masters
Completed: 2021
School: College of Science and Engineering
Supervisor: Dr. Sherry Randhawa