A wearable, flexible sensor for real-time, home monitoring of sleep apnea.

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Department of Physics and Electronics, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.

Published: April 2022

A flexible sensor that can be attached to the body to collect vital data wirelessly enables real-time human healthcare management. One potential application for home-use healthcare devices is monitoring of sleep conditions to diagnose sleep apnea syndrome. Such data are not readily gathered using conventional tools, owing to the bulk and cost of instrumentation. In order to monitor respiration at home, it is necessary to improve sensing performance and long-term stability of the sensors without sacrificing wearability and comfortability. To build a platform for wireless home-use respiration monitoring, this study develops a mask-borne flexible humidity sensor using ZnInS nanosheets as a humidity-sensitive material with high sensitivity and stability for more than 150 h. As proof-of-concept, long-term wireless respiration monitoring is demonstrated during sleep to identify symptoms of sleep apnea in wearers.

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