PROJECT TEAM
Poul Jennum – Professor, chief physician at Danish Centre for Sleep Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology
Mark Yousef – AI x Neuroscience Entrepreneur, CEO & Founder Insai
Mathias Perslev – PhD, Head of AI Research, Cerebriu
THE NEED
Sleep diagnostics is currently resource-intensive, requiring hospital-based sleep studies and manual analysis of large amounts of data. This limits access to diagnostics and places a burden on healthcare systems. At the same time, sleep disorders such as sleep apnea affect a large proportion of the population and remain underdiagnosed.
THE SOLUTION
Usleep combines a highly validated AI model for sleep analysis with a wearable headband that allows sleep monitoring to take place at home. The AI system can analyse sleep data automatically in seconds, reducing the need for manual analysis and enabling scalable diagnostics.
Usleep
Call 8 – 2025
GRANT: 500,000 DKK
Clinical Area
Sleep Medicine, Neurology
Technology
Artificial Intelligence, Medical Device, Digital Health
PROJECT SUMMARY
Diagnosing sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and narcolepsy often requires a full night in the hospital, multiple electrodes attached to the body, and hours of manual data analysis. The process is resource-intensive for both patients and healthcare professionals, and much of the technology still used today originates from the 1950s.
Usleep aims to modernize sleep diagnostics through a combination of artificial intelligence and wearable technology. The project brings together Poul Jennum, consultant and head of the Danish Center for Sleep Disorders, Mark Yousef, and Mathias Perslev. Their solution includes one of the world’s most validated AI models for sleep analysis, capable of analysing sleep data in seconds rather than hours, alongside a wearable headband that enables sleep studies to move from the hospital to the patient’s home.
CLINICAL IMPACT
The solution could significantly improve access to sleep diagnostics while reducing the workload for healthcare professionals. By enabling sleep studies to move from hospitals to patients’ homes, Usleep may help identify sleep disorders earlier and support better management of conditions linked to brain health.