Light Therapy Device

The Litebook Company Ltd, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, introduces the Elite™, a light therapy device with patented LED technology. The Elite employs white LEDs that peak at 460 nm and 550 nm, the optimum blue and green wavelengths for optimum melatonin suppression and eye safety. This feature-rich device employs the latest built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery technology, providing up to 2 hours of use on a single charge. A patient-friendly timer offers four settings (15, 30, 45, and 60 minutes) and defaults to preset time until reset. A custom Fresnel lens provides optimum diffusion and least amount of glare. A rip-stop nylon carrying case and international power adapter with plugs for North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia/Australia are also included.

(877) 723-5483
www.litebook.com

Expiratory Pressure Relief

For patients who struggle with exhalation pressures, EPR™, from ResMed Corp, Poway, Calif, is an effective alternative therapy that lowers pressure during exhalation so that breathing feels more natural and comfortable. EPR is the most advanced compliance booster available for continuous positive airway pressure therapy, providing a way to improve patient comfort and compliance without compromising therapy effectiveness. It features several options that allow clinicians to reliably and predictably control patient therapy, including an event detection circuit, multiple ramp options, customizable pressure relief settings, and the choice of full-time or part-time. EPR is available on the ResMed S8 Elite™ and the S8 AutoSet Vantage™ flow generators.

(800) 424-0737
www.resmed.com

Nasal Pillows Mask

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Irvine, Calif, introduces the Opus™ Nasal Pillows Mask. The Opus Mask, with its anatomical pillow-style silicone seal and facially contoured, reinforced headgear, is small, quiet, and comfortable. A ball-and-socket-styled joint combines with an innovative anchoring system to give stability and freedom of movement. The product comes as an out-of-box solution, fully assembled and ready for use with alternative sizes of silicone pillows included.

(800) 446-3908
www.fphcare.com

Sleep Diagnostic System

Stellate, Montreal, offers the Harmonie-S sleep diagnostic system. The Harmonie-S has been designed with the busy sleep laboratory in mind. Suitable for adult, pediatric, and neonatal applications, the system offers a host of powerful features to ensure high performance, ease of use, and complete flexibility in configuring to specific needs. Quick start, on-line sleep staging, on-line/off-line event editing, PolyTrends™ user-configurable sleep graphs, synchronized digital video, a 20-bit, 44-channel amplifier, and a powerful Microsoft® SQL database that facilitates patient file management and statistics are some of the unique features offered by the Harmonie-S that help maintain high efficiency and quality of sleep studies.

(888) 742-1306
www.stellate.com

Heated Humidifier

Teleflex Medical, Research Triangle Park, NC, has launched the ConchaTherm® Neptune™ Heated Humidifier. The Neptune offers simplicity, while providing the option to make adjustments and customize settings in response to patient or environmental challenges or in keeping with hospital protocols. Designed as a universal humidification system, Neptune is for use with a variety of clinical applications including invasive and noninvasive ventilation, high-flow cannula therapy, infant CPAP, heated aerosol therapy, and oxygen hoods.

(866) 246-6990
www.teleflexmedical.com
www.hudsonrci.com

Full Face Mask

Hans Rudolph Inc, Kansas City, Mo, introduces the Full Face V2™ Mask. The V2 offers patient satisfaction with its new seal technology. The new V2’s airtight, leak-free seal fits a wider variety of face geometries, is lightweight, and has chin-cup and nose-bridge braces that add stability and ensure leak-free fits. Reusable and disposable versions are available for all CPAP/bilevel and NIV devices.

(800) 456-6695
www.rudolphkc.com

EasyNet Modules

Cadwell Laboratories Inc, Kennewick, Wash, has been granted US Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for the EasyNet Oximeter and Nasal Pressure Airflow devices to be used with the Cadwell Easy® Ambulatory 2 and Easy III sleep diagnostic systems. The modules use Cadwell’s EasyNet® communications protocol to share data with Cadwell diagnostic products. EasyNet communications protocols manage the transfer of information between multiple networked modules worn by the patient.

(800) 245-3001
www.cadwell.com

Lightweight Mask

ResMed, San Diego, has released its latest development in mask technology with the introduction of the Mirage Swift™ II, a lightweight mask with new features that is 86% quieter than its predecessor, the Mirage Swift. Like the original Mirage Swift, the nasal pillows sit flexibly at the entrance of the nostrils for a secure seal during therapy, and allow users to wear glasses and read or watch television while using the mask. The Mirage Swift II features a new air vent located on the frame, which is angled downward in a direction more aligned with natural breath. The vent-hole design delivers air away from the patient and bed partner to better ensure a good night’s sleep. The mask’s new blue end cap allows for easy assembly and disassembly, and includes three pillow sizes to fit a wide range of facial and nasal structures. And with four interchangeable tube positions (up, down, left, or right), the Swift II offers more sleeping positions.

(800) 424-0737
www.resmed.com

In-home Apnea Screener

Respironics Inc, Murrysville, Pa, announces the release of the RUSleeping™ RTS, a same-day, objective, in-home apneic event screener. The device is a small, easy-to-use, and unobtrusive method of screening for apneic events in persons who may be suspected of having OSA. Based on a patient’s at-home overnight score, physicians can easily interpret if the patient is a likely candidate for an immediate polysomnogram (PSG). Sleep laboratory physicians can provide the RUSleeping RTS to patients to prescreen at home for OSA before they are seen for an in-laboratory PSG. Presented with objective data regarding their apneic events, patients may more readily accept the need for a complete PSG and then more willingly accept treatment if there is a diagnosis of OSA. The RUSleeping RTS consists of a base unit and a nasal cannula.

(800) 345-6443
www.respironics.com