Smart Pillow:Sleep Apnea Monitoring & Minimization Device

Abstract

Sleep Apnea is a mutual disorder of sleep caused by obstructing airflow due to collapse of the soft tissue surrounding the upper airway of mouth or throat, and normal breathing would start again with a loud snort or choking sound. A traditional identification process of Sleep Apnea is polysomnography, which can only be accompanied in sleep centre with specific announcements, thus it is costly and problematic. In addition, it is utilized for understanding the conditions, without treatment work. Supplementary detecting techniques are Electrocardiogram (ECG), Pulse Oximeter, microphone or taking a video. A few strategies or gadgets have been created to lighten Sleep Apnea, such as; Continuous Positive Airway Pressure(CPAP), APAP (Automatic Positive Airway Pressure), BiPAP(Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure), intraoral mandibular advancement device and surgery. There are some parameters which help lower the chance of Sleep Apnea are; Surgery(uvulopalatopharyngoplasty), Intra-oral mandibular advancement, use of anti-snore pillows, weight control, sleeping in sideways position (Night Balance) and positional Therapy. In this paper, we propose and implement IoT based real time auto adjustable smart pillow system, we targeted only obstructive Sleep Apnea, initially it detects the attack and adjust the pillow accordingly if patient does not recover due to high Apnea attack it produces an alarm, so that the person lying beside the patient would awake to cater the situation and doctor would also be notified through IoT. Likened with current analysis or usage devices, the pillow is comfortable, non-invasive, inexpensive and portable, which can be used at home or during travelling.