With the continuous improvement of people’s health awareness and the rapid development of technology, the demand for accurate and convenient monitoring of sleep and health status is growing day by day. The non-inductive intelligent sleep and health monitor emerges as the times require. It provides a comprehensive health monitoring solution in a non-invasive and unperceived way and is expected to play an important role in improving personal health management, enhancing the level of medical services, and promoting the development of the smart health industry and other aspects.
Principle: A mattress-type sleep monitoring system based on piezoelectric thin film sensors collects, measures, and records physiological signals of human breathing and heart rate through sensors for use by medical departments or families as heart rate and breathing rate monitoring records during sleep. At the same time, the signals are processed, stored, and analyzed, and the results are displayed. It is easy to use, convenient to operate, and has good comfort when monitoring vital signs. It has broad development prospects in the field of home monitoring.
IV. Advantages 1. Convenient and comfortable to use: The non-wearable and non-contact design avoids interference with users’ sleep and daily activities caused by traditional wearable devices. There is no need for complex operations, making it more convenient and comfortable to use. The non-contact smart sleep monitor only needs to be configured with a network when used for the first time. Place the device under the pillow or mattress, and it can automatically monitor every night when sleeping. 2. Protect privacy: Since there is no need for video monitoring or close wearing, the risk of privacy leakage is avoided, and users’ personal privacy is better protected, allowing users to use it with confidence. 3. High data accuracy: With the help of advanced sensor technology and data analysis algorithms, it can accurately monitor various vital sign data and provide a reliable basis for health assessment and disease early warning. The heart rate and respiratory rate monitoring accuracy of the non-contact smart sleep monitor has been tested in the market. Compared with medical devices, it has high accuracy and low false alarm rate. 4. Remote monitoring function: Data can be shared in real time with relatives and friends through mobile APPs and WeChat mini-programs, so that they can understand the user’s health status at any time and realize remote monitoring. It is especially suitable for scenarios such as children caring about the health of parents in different places, enhancing the care and connection between family members. V. Installation and operation The design of the device is usually relatively simple. It consists of a small white square box (device host), a sensor belt and an electric wire. There are no complex buttons and operation processes. Only simple configuration is required when used for the first time, such as configuring the network and placing the sensor belt under the mattress. Once installed, it can be used for a long time. Users have good compliance and are easily accepted by the public. VI. Application scenarios (I) Disease monitoring and early warning 1. Comprehensive data collection and analysis: The non-inductive smart sleep monitor can continuously collect multi-dimensional vital sign data such as heart rate, respiratory rate, and body movement and turning in a state where the user is unaware. Through the artificial intelligence deep learning algorithm model of the cloud analysis platform, the data is deeply analyzed to achieve auxiliary diagnosis and screening and risk early warning for various common sleep disorder diseases such as sleep apnea syndrome and insomnia, which helps patients detect problems and intervene in treatment in time at an early stage. 2. Real-time monitoring and timely feedback: It can monitor physiological changes during sleep in real time. When emergencies such as apnea and abnormal heart rate are detected, alarm information can be immediately sent to the patient or his guardian through terminals such as mobile APPs so that corresponding measures can be taken in time to avoid deterioration of the condition. It is of great significance for people at risk of sleep disorders and the elderly living alone.
Personalized Treatment Plan Formulation
1. Individual Data Modeling: Based on long-term collected personal sleep and health data, a personalized data model is established for each user to more accurately analyze the type, degree, and potential triggering factors of their sleep disorders. Physicians can use these detailed individual data to formulate more targeted treatment plans, such as developing exclusive sleep adjustment plans for insomnia patients or selecting appropriate treatment methods for sleep apnea patients to enhance treatment effectiveness. 2. Treatment Effect Tracking: During the treatment process, continuous monitoring of patients’ sleep data is conducted to intuitively reflect the effectiveness of treatment measures, assisting physicians in adjusting treatment plans in a timely manner. This achieves precise management and dynamic intervention for sleep disorders, promoting patient recovery.Improving Quality of Life and Self-Management Ability
1. Sleep Quality Assessment and Improvement Suggestions: Patients are provided with detailed sleep quality assessment reports, including sleep stage records, daily routine records, and physical function recovery assessments. This enables patients to clearly understand their sleep conditions. Additionally, based on data analysis results, personalized sleep improvement suggestions are offered to patients, such as adjusting daily routines and improving sleep environments, helping them establish good sleep habits and enhance sleep quality, thereby improving overall quality of life. 2. Enhancing Patient Self-Management Awareness: Patients can actively participate in the management of sleep disorders by visually tracking their sleep data and health condition changes, enhancing their self-management awareness and ability. This better cooperates with the physician’s treatment, forming a positive doctor-patient interaction, which is beneficial for long-term disease management and control.Optimization of Medical Resources and Telemedicine Support
1. Alleviating Hospital Pressure: For patients with relatively stable sleep disorders requiring long-term monitoring, the use of non-intrusive intelligent sleep monitoring devices at home can reduce the need for frequent hospital visits, decreasing outpatient pressure and patient medical costs. This allows for a more rational allocation and utilization of medical resources. 2. Telemedicine Assistance: The data collected by the monitoring devices can be remotely transmitted to medical institutions, enabling physicians to view patients’ sleep monitoring data online, conduct remote diagnosis and condition assessment, and provide timely medical advice and guidance. This overcomes the limitations of time and space, especially benefiting patients in remote areas or with limited mobility, expanding the coverage of medical services and improving their accessibility and efficiency.Integration with Other Health Management Methods
Integrating with Smart Home Devices: In the future, deep integration with smart home devices will be possible. Based on the sleep data and user’s sleep status monitored by the sleep guard device, it will automatically adjust the bedroom’s temperature, humidity, and lighting to create a more suitable sleeping environment, thereby further enhancing sleep quality and achieving comprehensive management of sleep disorders.
Integration with Health Management Platforms: Combining sleep monitoring data with other health data (such as diet and exercise) will form a complete health profile, providing users with more comprehensive and integrated health management services. By analyzing multidimensional data, potential correlations between sleep disorders and other health issues can be uncovered, leading to the development of more scientifically sound and reasonable overall health management plans.