System and method for osa prevention and pap therapy weaning

Abstract

A method for assisting a patient in avoiding obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or for weaning from a PAP therapy includes: receiving in a controller health related data of the patient obtained from the patient by one or more electronic devices associated with the patient; analyzing the health related data with the controller; determining in the controller from the analyzing of the health related data, an OSA risk factor having a correlation to OSA severity in the patient; and providing the OSA risk factor to the patient.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for assisting a patient in avoiding obstructive sleep apnea and/or for assisting the patient in weaning from a PAP therapy, the method comprising:
 receiving in a controller health related data of the patient obtained from the patient by one or more electronic devices associated with the patient;   analyzing the health related data with the controller;   determining in the controller from the analyzing of the health related data, an OSA risk factor having a correlation to OSA severity in the patient; and   providing the OSA risk factor to the patient.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the controller is structured and configured to implement a predictive AI system, and wherein the analyzing and determining is performed by the predictive AI system. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the predictive AI system is an artificial neural network trained using previous health related data of the patient. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more electronic devices associated with the patient comprise a wearable device. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  4 , wherein the wearable device comprises a smartwatch. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing a correlation between values of the OSA risk factor and AHI values of the patient. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing a target value for the OSA risk factor to reduce an AHI value of the patient to below a predetermined threshold. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising providing a projected time at which the target value may be reached by the patient. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing the OSA risk factor to the patient comprises providing the OSA risk factor to the patient via one of the one or more electronic devices associated with the patient. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the one or more electronic devices associated with the patient comprises a smartwatch. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more electronic devices associated with the patient comprises a smartphone. 
     
     
         12 . A system for assisting a patient in avoiding obstructive sleep apnea and/or for assisting the patient in weaning from a PAP therapy, the system comprising:
 a number of electronic devices, each structured to capture health related data from the patient;   a controller in communication with the number of electronic devices and structured to carry out an analysis of the health related data and determine an OSA risk factor having a correlation to OSA severity in the patient; and   an output display structured to convey the OSA risk factor to the patient.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the controller comprises a predictive AI system that is structured to carry out the analysis of the health related data and determine the OSA risk factor having the correlation to OSA severity in the patient. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the number of electronic devices comprises a smartwatch. 
     
     
         15 . A predictive artificial intelligence system trained to:
 receive in a controller health related data of the patient obtained from the patient by one or more electronic devices associated with the patient;   analyze health related data received from one or more electronic devices associated with a patient; and   determine an OSA risk factor having a correlation to OSA severity in the patient.