Award Winning M2M Sleep Apnea Therapy System

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 at 2:23 PM

Cinterion and one of its partners – Royal Philips Electronics – recently jointly won the ‘Best Embedded End-to-End Service Award’, part of the GSMA’s embedded mobile competition, for its Respironics System One sleep therapy solution. The M2M solution integrates one of Cinterion’s award-winning Evolution platform modules and marries mobility and reliable two-way wireless communications with advancements in sleep apnea therapy to help millions of patients and their healthcare providers who must meet rigorous new reporting standards.

Sleep apnea is a potentially life threatening condition that occurs when a person repeatedly stops breathing during sleep. System One provides treatment by delivering a specific flow of pressurised air through a mask to keep the airway open. The new solution integrates Cinterion’s TC65i module to enable two-way, anywhere wireless communication between the patient’s device and doctor. The module sends sophisticated patient breathing data from the device to a secure EncoreAnywhere Web-based platform.

Physicians log on to EncoreAnywhere to obtain timely, detailed breathing reports and respond with prescription air pressure changes sent instantly over-the-air to the device, providing immediate patient relief. Cinterion’s TC65i module provides on-board memory to store reports that detail every breath a patient takes for up to five days. In addition, the system provides storage capacity for six months of chronologically arranged compliance data necessary for reimbursement from healthcare providers.