Stephen Thomas Lyons;Ellen M. Lyons;Christopher Thomas Lyons
发明人:
Christopher Thomas Lyons,Ellen M. Lyons,Stephen Thomas Lyons
申请号：
US14103945
公开号：
US09368016B2
申请日:
2013.12.12
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
An apparatus for detecting sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, includes a housing insertable into an ear canal of a subject. A sensor disposed within the housing measures a position of the subject's head relative to an axis of gravity. A transducer is responsive to the sensor and is capable of creating a stimulus detectable by the subject under certain conditions. In various embodiments, a controller receives signals corresponding to a pitch angle and a roll angle of the subject's head measured by the sensor, determines if the pitch and roll angles correspond to a sleep apnea inducing position, and causes the transducer to generate a stimulus upon determining that the subject's head is in the sleep apnea inducing position more than a predetermined threshold number of times. Various parameters of the stimulus may be modified with successive stimulus generation until a non-sleep apnea inducing position is detected.
