News Center Maine quotes Abedi in report on sleep study
News Center Maine quoted Ali Abedi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and president and CTO of Activas Diagnostics, a University of Maine spinoff company, in a report on a study the company is conducting. Abedi and others at Activas Diagnostics have developed a device called SleepMove, which is a fitted mattress sheet equipped with sensors that can detect brain injury by measuring sleep movement patterns. A benefit of this device is that participants can sleep in their own bed during the study, rather than in a sleep clinic that may be uncomfortable and prevent accurate results from being collected, according to the report. “We can give (participants) a fitted sheet with sensors. They don’t see them, they don’t feel them. Then we can get much better natural results,” said Abedi. “We hope that after hundreds of tests have been done, we can detect the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease — we can detect problems with the brain before it’s too late to cure them.” Those interested in participating in the study can email jessica.aronis@maine.edu.