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  • Medical Devices
  • Respiratory Physiology

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  • Accurate, portable respiratory monitoring is crucial for managing chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPDs), asthma, sleep apnea, and critical care ventilation.
  • Existing solutions are often expensive and lack portability, hindering widespread use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel, nonprescription, portable respiratory measurement device using relative humidity sensors (RHS).
  • To achieve a cost approximately 10 times lower than current industry standards while maintaining accuracy.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a wearable device incorporating a commercial Bosch BME280 RHS.
  • Integrated the RHS with a pneumotach (PNT) gold standard device for data acquisition via Arduino and Bluetooth Low Energy.
  • Assessed device accuracy and efficiency in 7 healthy participants, comparing breathing cycle, respiratory rate, and tidal volume measurements against the PNT using ANOVA and Bland-Altman analysis.

Main Results:

  • The RHS device demonstrated high P values (.68 for respiratory volume, .89 for respiratory rate) via ANOVA, indicating equivalence to the PNT standard within instrument error margins.
  • Bland-Altman analysis showed a small bias (0.03 for tidal volume, 0.018 for respiratory rate) with narrow limits of agreement.
  • Continuous lung volume monitoring was facilitated by directly connecting the RHS device to a surgical mask.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed wearable RHS device is a viable, low-cost medical tool for pulmonary parametric measurement.
  • This technology can aid in preventing and predicting the progression of pulmonary diseases.
  • Encourages further research into RHS applications for pulmonary health monitoring.