New function joins Samsung Well being Monitor app to allow extra folks to find sleep apnea in early phases

Samsung Electronics immediately introduced that the brand new sleep apnea function¹ on the Samsung Well being Monitor app² has been authorized 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 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,” stated 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 device to acknowledge this dysfunction in its earliest potential phases earlier than their situation worsens.”

Thought of a standard but critical 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 problems comparable to hypertension, cardiac dysfunction, stroke or cognitive dysfunction. Based on the Nationwide Sleep Basis, roughly 25 % of males and 10 % of ladies 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 function 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 problems.

By leveraging Galaxy Watch’s BioActive Sensor, the sleep apnea function displays blood oxygen ranges throughout sleep and identifies average 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 strain 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. It is going to be made out there on Galaxy Watch sequence in Korea through Samsung Well being Monitor app updates starting early subsequent yr.⁷

¹ The sleep apnea function is simply a pre-diagnosis device. It isn’t meant to exchange analysis or therapy by a certified healthcare skilled. When you aren’t feeling effectively, contact your physician, even when the watch doesn’t detect sleep apnea. DON’T use this function if you happen to’ve already been recognized with sleep apnea. Your Galaxy Watch can’t catch each case of obstructive sleep apnea. The watch solely checks for potential average to extreme obstructive sleep apnea and may’t detect central sleep apnea.
² Availability could fluctuate by market or gadget. Attributable to 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 the moment 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 function is simply out there in choose markets. To make sure accuracy, customers ought to calibrate their gadget each 4 weeks with a standard blood strain cuff. The BP function can’t diagnose hypertension, different situations, or examine for indicators of a coronary heart assault. It’s not meant to exchange conventional strategies of analysis or therapy by a certified healthcare skilled.
⁵ The ECG function is simply out there in choose markets. It’s not supposed to exchange conventional strategies of analysis or therapy. The function is just not supposed for customers with recognized arrhythmias apart from AFib. Customers shouldn’t interpret or take scientific motion based mostly on the gadget output with out session of a certified healthcare skilled.
⁶ The IHRN function is just not supposed to supply a notification on each episode of irregular rhythm suggestive of AFib and the absence of a notification is just not supposed to point no illness course of is current. It’s not supposed for customers with different recognized arrhythmias.
⁷ Availability could fluctuate by market, service, mannequin, or a paired smartphone. It is going to be out there on Galaxy Watch6 and Watch5 sequence.