Apparatus for collecting data and monitoring patients, namely, electronic and monitoring apparatus used for monitoring physiological variables for research purposes, namely, apparatus for measuring and representing brain activity and sleep state, namely, EEG (electroencephalogram), MEG (magnetoencephalogram), CT (computer tomography), EOG (electrooculogram), EMG (electromyogram), SaO2 (oxygen saturation), CO2 (carbon dioxide), nasal air-flow, body movement, thoracic and abdominal respiratory movement, heart rate, body temperature, rectal temperature, blood pressure, pH level, oesophageal pressure, snoring noises, air pressure, air-flow, humidity; apparatus for displaying graphical and other research data from patients for sleep state and brain activity, namely, X-Y plotters and display monitors in the nature of CRTs and LCD flat panel displays; [ computer software for the control of monitoring apparatus and for recordal analysis, display, transmission and storage of patient data concerning sleep state and brain activity; computer hardware for acquiring, storing, manipulating transmitting and displaying data for sleep state and brain activity, computer hardware for acquiring, storing, manipulating, transmitting and displaying data for sleep state and brain activity, namely, memory devices in the nature of blank disk drives, flash memory chips, smart cards, circuit board cards, and computer disks, and discrete memory devices in the nature of memory cards; ]microprocessors for sleep state and brain activity data capturing, processing, displaying and monitoring; microphones; computer software packages, namely, CDs and DVDs containing recorded computer software for acquiring, storing, manipulating, transmitting and displaying data for sleep and brain activity

Apparatus and instrumentation for medical purposes, namely, monitoring, recording, displaying and analyzing sleep state and brain activity of patients, namely, analyzing and recording apparatus for patient physiological variables, namely, blood pressure, temperature, pH, air pressure and air-flow, abdominal respiration, thoracic respiration, body position, EEG, MEG, CT, EOG, EMG, SaO2, CO2, nasal air-flow, body movement, thoracic and abdominal respiratory movement, rectal temperature, heart rate, oesophageal pressure, snoring noises, and humidity[ ; CAT scan machines and MRI machines]