New function joins Samsung Well being Monitor app to allow extra folks to find sleep apnea in early levels
Samsung Electronics at the moment introduced that the brand new sleep apnea function1 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 yr. The brand new function is anticipated to allow extra folks to identify obstructive sleep apnea signs in early levels 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 function on Galaxy Watch sequence, we’re offering customers with a easy, proactive instrument to acknowledge this dysfunction in its earliest doable levels earlier than their situation worsens.”
Thought-about a standard but critical medical situation, sleep apnea causes somebody to cease respiration whereas asleep, which can lead to disruptions in oxygen provide, decrease sleep high quality, and different well being problems akin to hypertension, cardiac dysfunction, stroke or cognitive dysfunction. In keeping with the Nationwide Sleep Basis, roughly 25 p.c of males and 10 p.c of girls within the US undergo from obstructive sleep apnea,3 of which many fail to acknowledge their signs or search medical therapy. The brand new sleep apnea function is designed to allow extra folks to proactively spot signs of the situation, encourage discovering earlier, and additional cut back the potential for well being associated problems.
By leveraging Galaxy Watch’s BioActive Sensor, the sleep apnea function screens 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 function joins blood stress monitoring,4 electrocardiogram (ECG) detection5 and irregular coronary heart rhythm notification (IHRN)6 as the newest 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 accessible on Galaxy Watch sequence in Korea by way of Samsung Well being Monitor app updates starting early subsequent yr.7
1 The sleep apnea function is just a pre-diagnosis instrument. It isn’t meant to switch prognosis or therapy by a certified healthcare skilled. If you happen to aren’t feeling properly, contact your physician, even when the watch doesn’t detect sleep apnea. DON’T use this function in case you’ve already been recognized with sleep apnea. Your Galaxy Watch can’t catch each case of obstructive sleep apnea. The watch solely checks for doable reasonable to extreme obstructive sleep apnea and might’t detect central sleep apnea.
2 Availability might differ by market or system. Because of market restrictions in acquiring approval/registration as a Software program as a Medical Machine (SaMD), it solely works on watches and smartphones bought within the markets the place service is at present accessible (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 function is just accessible in choose markets. To make sure accuracy, customers ought to calibrate their system each 4 weeks with a conventional blood stress cuff. The BP function can not diagnose hypertension, different circumstances, or verify for indicators of a coronary heart assault. It isn’t meant to switch conventional strategies of prognosis or therapy by a certified healthcare skilled.
5 The ECG function is just accessible in choose markets. It isn’t meant to switch conventional strategies of prognosis or therapy. The function shouldn’t be meant for customers with identified arrhythmias aside from AFib. Customers shouldn’t interpret or take medical motion based mostly on the system output with out session of a certified healthcare skilled.
6 The IHRN function shouldn’t be meant to offer a notification on each episode of irregular rhythm suggestive of AFib and the absence of a notification shouldn’t be meant to point no illness course of is current. It isn’t meant for customers with different identified arrhythmias.
7 Availability might differ by market, service, mannequin, or a paired smartphone. Will probably be accessible on Galaxy Watch6 and Watch5 sequence.
