Belun Ring (Belun Sleep System BLS-100): Deep learning-facilitated wearable enables obstructive sleep apnea detection, apnea severity categorization, and sleep stage classification in patients suspected of obstructive sleep apnea.

Journal: Sleep health
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Abstract

GOAL AND AIMS: Our objective was to evaluate the performance of Belun Ring with second-generation deep learning algorithms in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) detection, OSA severity categorization, and sleep stage classification.

Authors

  • Zachary Strumpf
    Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Wenbo Gu
    Belun Technology Company Limited, Hong Kong; Department of Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
  • Chih-Wei Tsai
    Belun Technology Company Limited, Hong Kong.
  • Pai-Lien Chen
    FHI360, Durham, NC, USA.
  • Eric Yeh
    Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Lydia Leung
    Belun Technology Company Limited, Hong Kong.
  • Cynthia Cheung
    Belun Technology Company Limited, Hong Kong.
  • I-Chen Wu
    Department of Computer Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
  • Kingman P Strohl
    Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Division of Sleep Medicine, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Tiffany Tsai
    Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
  • Rodney J Folz
    Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
  • Ambrose A Chiang
    Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.