Method and device for in-home sleep and signal analysis

A sleep diagnostic system for testing multiple subjects at multiple remote locations for sleep apnea comprising:

• a) a first software stored on a first non-transitory computer readable medium and adapted to be executable by a first processor on a cellular phone, the cellular phone comprising a memory, the first processor and a first wireless transceiver;
• b) a database stored on a second non-transitory computer readable medium adapted to operate with one or more servers at a first or multiple locations for receiving and transmitting data to and from the database;
• c) a second software stored on the second, and/or a third non-transitory computer readable medium and adapted to be executable by a second processor at the first location, a second location and/or the multiple locations configured to process, in part, the data;
• d) multiple portable, wearable patient interface boxes, each portable, wearable patient interface box adapted to be worn by a subject during testing at a remote sleep location remote from a sleep analysis unit or lab, and the first, the second and/or the multiple locations where the database and/or the second software are operating, one or more of the multiple portable, wearable patient interface boxes comprising
• i) a battery;
• ii) electronics including at least two input channels, which are programmed to receive collected data in real-time from at least two sensors internal to the portable, wearable patient interface box;
• and
• iii) a second wireless transceiver or transmitter adapted to wirelessly transmit the data collected from the two sensors internal to the portable, wearable patient interface box, and/or data based on the data collected to the first software on the cellular phone;
• e) the two sensors are selected from a group consisting of:
• accelerometer(s), fingertip pulse oximeter(s), pressure sensor(s), microphone(s), strain gauge(s), pressure transducer(s), and transducer(s), the portable, wearable patient interface box containing the two sensors adapted
• i) to be applied to a finger, wrist, arm or torso of the subject;
• and
• ii) to allow to be measured, calculated and/or derived two or more of the following sleep data:
• airflow, snore, changes in pulse, changes in heart rate, changes in sleep state, respiratory effort, body movement and/or position, tidal volume, ventilation rate and blood oxygenation of the subject during testing;
• f) the database being accessible to individuals from the sleep analysis unit or lab, and adapted to receive the collected data and/or data based on the collected data;
• g) the first software and/or the second software when executed respectively by the first and/or second processors is configured to automatically identify and quantify physiological events in one or more of the changes in pulse and/or heart rate, body position, and blood oxygenation, from the data that was transferred from the portable, wearable patient interface box, the physiological events indicative of a sleeping disorder, the second software further adapted to be executed by the one second processor to output through a communication device;
• and
• h) the communication device adapted to output
• i) one or more of the following sleep data:
• airflow, snore, changes in pulse, changes in heart rate, changes in sleep state, respiratory effort, body movement and/or position, tidal volume, ventilation rate and blood oxygenation of the subject from the database,
• ii) the identified and quantified physiological events in the data, or
• iii) both i) and ii) in a form adapted so a professional medical diagnosis can be made of whether the patient suffers from a sleep disorder.