WatchPAT™200U System 10 Operation Manual
2 OVERVIEW
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is considered a major public health problem. The
prevalence of the syndrome is estimated at 2% to 5% in the adult population. It is
characterized by recurrent events of complete or partial obstruction of the upper airways
during sleep, often leading to hypoxemia, and/or arousals associated with sympathetic
nervous system activation. The diagnosis and assessment of the sleep apnea patient is based
on the Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI), the number of Apneas, Hypopneas and
Respiratory Effort Related Arousals (RERA) per hour of sleep, along with sleep architecture.
The common consequences of this sleep disruption are daytime sleepiness, poor daytime
performance and increased vulnerability to accidents. Cardiovascular complications such as
systemic/pulmonary hypertension, ischemic heart disease and arrhythmias are the major
sequel of OSAS in the adult population.
The WP200U is worn on the wrist and is utilizing a plethysmographic based finger–mounted
probe that measures the PAT®(Peripheral Arterial Tone) signal. The PAT®signal is a
measurement of the pulsatile volume changes in the fingertip arteries which reflects the
relative state of the arterial vasomotor activity, and thus indirectly the level of sympathetic
activation. Peripheral arterial vasoconstriction, which mirrors sympathetic activation, is
shown as attenuation in the PAT®signal amplitude.
The same probe measures RED and IR channels used for the measurement of SpO2 signal.
The PAT®and SpO2 signals are recorded continuously and stored on an embedded micro
SD card, together with data from a built-in actigraph (embedded in the WP200U). Snoring
and Body Position signals are generated from the SBP/RESBP integrated sensor (optional).
The RESBP (Respiratory Effort Snoring and Body Position) sensor records the subject’s
chest movement signal in addition to the snoring and body position signals that are
included with the SBP sensor.
Following the sleep study, the recordings are automatically downloaded and analyzed in an
offline procedure using the proprietary zzzPAT software.
The zzzPAT algorithms use the four WP200U channels (PAT®, Pulse Rate, Oxygen
saturation and actigraphy) for the detection of sleep related breathing disorders and sleep
staging (Rapid Eye Movement (REM), Light Sleep, Deep Sleep and Wake). In WP200U
only, for further identification of central apnea the respiratory movement channel generated
from the RESBP sensor is used in the zzzPAT algorithm in addition to the other channels.
The zzzPAT uses WP200U's snoring and body position channels to generate snoring level
and body position discrete states. The use of SBP/RESBP is optional and according to
physician preference.
The software issues comprehensive reports of the study, with statistics and graphic
presentation of the results. The whole night data can be viewed and the automatically detected
events can be revised manually.