A major concern of people with epilepsy and their caregivers is that an unwitnessed seizure might cause injury or even death.
The ability to detect a potentially dangerous convulsive seizure at its earlier stage could allow caregivers to take appropriate first aid steps.
So, there is a need for a seizure-detection system that can be used in long-term home situations for early intervention and prevention of seizure related side effects.
Actually, there are many commercial devices.
But, we don't need to buy devices anymore. Just we need a ‘Galaxy Gear’ and this app. Let me introduce the SeizureDetector_V1.
STEP1: Add 'Caregiver' at your phone address linked with your Gear STEP2: To start seizure detection, push the 'Start' button. STEP3: If the seizure detection Algorithm detects the movement like seizure, your Gear will alert you and caregiver. If you are not in seizure, you can push a button in 5 seconds to let the Gear know that you are okay.
STEP4: If you don't push a button in 5 seconds, the Gear will make a call to the caregiver. STEP5: It could allow caregivers to take appropriate first aid steps.
Moreover, you don't need to concern about breaking the connection between smartphone and Gear during seizure detection. Because this app will let you know that by sound.
We are researching the detection Algorithm by recruiting patients from ASAN medical center in Korea. The Algorithm will be upgraded gradually. If movement like seizure is detected, Gear will alert you by warning sound.
This app is available for about 6.5 hours. Available time will also be increased by upgraded version.
Now, we are using only gyroscope and accelerometer for the seizure detection. However Epileptic seizures are often accompanied by changes in various autonomic functions like heart rate (HR). As ‘Gallaxy Gear2’ can measure Heart rate and has a good accessibility, that’s why I think that ‘Gallaxy Gear2’ is the best device for seizure detection. If this app is upgraded gradually, this app could be the gold standard for monitoring epileptic seizures by using a wrist device.
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