New characteristic joins Samsung Well being Monitor app to allow extra folks to find sleep apnea in early phases
Samsung Electronics as we speak introduced that the brand new sleep apnea characteristic1 on the Samsung Well being Monitor app2 has been authorised by Korea’s Ministry of Meals and Drug Security (MFDS), and will likely be coming to Galaxy Watch sequence in Korea early subsequent 12 months. The brand new characteristic is predicted to allow extra folks to identify obstructive sleep apnea signs in early phases which frequently goes undiagnosed and untreated.
“Samsung stays dedicated to delivering superior applied sciences to Galaxy wearables that assist extra folks higher perceive and take management of their wellness,” mentioned Hon Pak, Vice President and Head of Digital Well being Crew, MX Enterprise at Samsung Electronics. “With the brand new sleep apnea characteristic on Galaxy Watch sequence, we’re offering customers with a easy, proactive software to acknowledge this dysfunction in its earliest attainable phases earlier than their situation worsens.”
Thought of a typical but severe medical situation, sleep apnea causes somebody to cease respiratory whereas asleep, which may end up in disruptions in oxygen provide, decrease sleep high quality, and different well being issues reminiscent of hypertension, cardiac dysfunction, stroke or cognitive dysfunction. In keeping with the Nationwide Sleep Basis, roughly 25 % of males and 10 % of girls within the US endure from obstructive sleep apnea,3 of which many fail to acknowledge their signs or search medical therapy. The brand new sleep apnea characteristic is designed to allow extra folks to proactively spot signs of the situation, encourage discovering earlier, and additional scale back the potential of well being associated issues.
By leveraging Galaxy Watch’s BioActive Sensor, the sleep apnea characteristic displays blood oxygen ranges throughout sleep and identifies reasonable to extreme obstructive sleep apnea by analyzing how the detected blood oxygen values change to apnea/hypopnea, then estimates Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI). Customers are merely required to trace their sleep twice, every time greater than 4 hours, inside 10 days to gauge whether or not they have these signs.
Galaxy Watch’s new sleep apnea characteristic joins blood strain monitoring,4 electrocardiogram (ECG) detection5 and irregular coronary heart rhythm notification (IHRN)6 as the most recent addition to the Samsung Well being Monitor app, giving customers a greater understanding of their holistic well being — all proper from their wrist. Will probably be made out there on Galaxy Watch sequence in Korea through Samsung Well being Monitor app updates starting early subsequent 12 months.7
1 The sleep apnea characteristic is just a pre-diagnosis software. It isn’t meant to exchange prognosis or therapy by a certified healthcare skilled. When you aren’t feeling properly, contact your physician, even when the watch doesn’t detect sleep apnea. DON’T use this characteristic in case you’ve already been identified with sleep apnea. Your Galaxy Watch can’t catch each case of obstructive sleep apnea. The watch solely checks for attainable reasonable to extreme obstructive sleep apnea and might’t detect central sleep apnea.
2 Availability could fluctuate by market or machine. As a consequence of market restrictions in acquiring approval/registration as a Software program as a Medical System (SaMD), it solely works on watches and smartphones bought within the markets the place service is at present out there (nevertheless, service could also be restricted when customers journey to non-service markets). This app can solely be used for measuring in ages 22 and over.
3 Nationwide Sleep Basis: https://www.thensf.org/do-i-have-obstructive-sleep-apnea/
4 The Blood Strain characteristic is just out there in choose markets. To make sure accuracy, customers ought to calibrate their machine each 4 weeks with a standard blood strain cuff. The BP characteristic can’t diagnose hypertension, different situations, or test for indicators of a coronary heart assault. It isn’t meant to exchange conventional strategies of prognosis or therapy by a certified healthcare skilled.
5 The ECG characteristic is just out there in choose markets. It isn’t meant to exchange conventional strategies of prognosis or therapy. The characteristic just isn’t meant for customers with recognized arrhythmias aside from AFib. Customers shouldn’t interpret or take medical motion based mostly on the machine output with out session of a certified healthcare skilled.
6 The IHRN characteristic just isn’t meant to supply a notification on each episode of irregular rhythm suggestive of AFib and the absence of a notification just isn’t meant to point no illness course of is current. It isn’t meant for customers with different recognized arrhythmias.
7 Availability could fluctuate by market, service, mannequin, or a paired smartphone. Will probably be out there on Galaxy Watch6 and Watch5 sequence.
