Mechanical Device for Sleep Apnea Treatment
| dc.contributor.advisor | Misha Izeman | |
| dc.contributor.author | Genna Urbain | |
| dc.contributor.author | Edward Gamble | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nicholas Bruzzano | |
| dc.contributor.author | Engineering | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-04-01T15:07:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-04-01T15:07:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder in which the throat muscles relax during sleep, leading to the collapse of the airway and a temporary stop in airflow until a brief awakening restores muscle tone. If untreated, OSA can lead to serious health issues. The most common treatment is a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. The team has been tasked with designing a purely mechanical solution to sleep apnea that maintains airway patency and is suitable for use in high and low-resource environments. After conducting extensive concept generation, engineering analysis, testing, and design iteration the team created The See-Saw Bellows; a purely mechanical PAP based device to treat obstructive sleep apnea. | |
| dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://demo.deepblue-documents.lib.umich.edu/bitstreams/62280cc5-ba9a-475c-817d-7a104ef5a3d5/download | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | University of Michigan Sleep Disorder Clinic. Dr. Ronald Chervin, MD Dr. Neeraj Kaplish, MD | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://demo.deepblue-documents.lib.umich.edu/handle/123456789/1756 | |
| dc.subject | ME450 | |
| dc.subject | OSA | |
| dc.subject | CPAP | |
| dc.subject | medical device | |
| dc.subject | sleep apnea | |
| dc.subject | medical treatment | |
| dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Mechanical Engineering | |
| dc.title | Mechanical Device for Sleep Apnea Treatment | |
| dc.type | project |