Applying AI solutions in clinical practice is a hot topic in this year’s SLEEP 2022 which reflects people’s eagerness to use AI in clinical settings. Over ten sessions at the conference, ranging from postgraduate courses, discussion groups, plenary sessions, and oral presentations, covering AI’s challenges, opportunities, selection, and assessment. All speakers agree that if wearable plus AI solutions are carefully selected and applied, they can assist physicians in identifying sleep issues. With sleep architectures, an added value to clinical decision making brought forth by technology. However, physicians must carefully differentiate medical-grade vs. consumer-grade solutions, e.g., FDA-registered or FDA-cleared, by evaluating the published clinical studies or directly communicating with the vendors. Also, physicians are encouraged to test the technologies in their serving population to ensure that the accuracy meets their requirements.
AI is transforming healthcare
AI assists healthcare professionals in better understanding the day-to-day patterns and needs of the people they care for. They can provide better feedback, guidance, and support to people to stay healthy. Technology applications and apps encourage healthier lifestyles in individuals. With MedTech, consumers can be in control of their health and well-being. AI could also identify abnormalities – or detect deterioration due to lifestyle, environmental, genomic, or other factors – thus providing early warning to individuals, resulting in early detection and better recovery.
Belun’s solution is evaluated on the AASM emerging technology website and mentioned in two sessions in SLEEP 2022. We are proud to be the only AI solution using PPG from medical-grade wearables for respiratory events and sleep stages. On the other hand, the Belun Sleep Platform comprises an FDA-cleared wearable ring and a clinically validated machine learning algorithm. The machine learning platform is built based SHHS database using data from all over the world to avoid dataset shifts. The platform has been validated in the US with different demographics and applied in various regions, including Southeast Asia, Australia, and Hong Kong, demonstrating its robustness. Belun is currently in collaboration with different universities studying the relationship of OSA with multiple chronic diseases such as stroke, hypertension, dementia, cardiovascular disease…
About Sleep2022 :
https://www.sleepmeeting.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SLEEP-2022-Preliminary-Program.pdf
Partnering with Belun :
Up to now, over 32 organizations, including HK hospital authority hospitals, medical groups, clinic groups, dentists, and elderly centers selected to use the Belun Sleep health platform, Belun® Ring and Sleep App, and Belun® RemoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers including 1) “Belun® Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592) and 2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040). If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, pls feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling in the form below: