Category: Therapy Devices

Therapy Devices

Two-Thirds of Households Have a Person Who Snores

Nasal dilator manufacturer Mute recently commissioned a Harris Poll to better understand how common snoring is and the impact it has on others.

Therapy Devices

Sleep Research Society Focus Group on Non-CPAP Alternatives Now Available on YouTube

Moderated by Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, FAASM, the topic is particularly timely due to shortages of CPAP devices caused in part by the Philips CPAP/bilevel recall.

Therapy Devices

3B MaskFit Launches on Apple App Store & Google Play

3B MaskFitter scans facial geometry to determine appropriate cushion size and narrow down mask type.

CPAP & PAP Devices

Philips Starts Repair & Replacement Program of First-Gen DreamStation Devices in United States

The company intends to complete the repair and replacement programs within approximately 12 months.

Oral Appliances

How One Dentist Raises Sleep Apnea Awareness Among the Public & Physician Colleagues

Joseph Grimaudo, DMD, uses multiple channels to alert others that symptoms like snoring and gasping during sleep may be signs of a treatable health condition.

Positional Therapies for Supine Sleep Avoidance

Just How Much Does Sleep Posture Matter in Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

Whether patients with OSA sleep on their backs or facedown flat on their chests, sleep specialists know that sleep position matters for oxygenation. New research attempts to quantify the impact.

Insomnia Devices

Two Sleep Companies, Each with Temperature-Focused Devices, Merge

ChiliSleep and Ebb Therapeutics join forces. Ebb’s largest investor led a $37 million investment to accelerate the merged company’s growth.

Sleep Apnea Combination Therapies

Hyoid Suspension + UPP Is Efficacious For Multilevel Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients

This multicenter study evaluated the safety and efficacy of AIRLIFT hyoid suspension when combined with procedures for the palate.

Restless Legs Syndrome Devices

Relaxis for RLS Is Discontinued

Relaxis, a vibratory counterstimulation device for RLS patients that was FDA cleared in 2014, is no longer filling new prescriptions.

Emerging Technology

Eight Sleep Raises $86M as its Smart Mattress Technology Approaches $500M Valuation

Eight Sleep, which makes “smart” mattresses that use artificial intelligence-based algorithms to improve sleep both by changing temperature and monitoring other physical parameters, has raised $86 million in a Series C round of funding.

Nasal Dilators

Nasal Stent Company Alaxo Names Sleep Specialist Its CMO

Alaxo Airway Stents has named board-certified otolaryngologist and sleep specialist Mark D'Agostino, MD, as its chief medical advisor.

Neurostimulators

Medicare Panel Recommends Increasing Payments for Inspire Therapy to Ambulatory Surgical Centers

CMS will review the panel’s recommendations, and the final rules will be published later in 2021.

Light Therapy

49ers to Get a Light Therapy ‘Recovery Room’

Joovv Inc is the official light therapy partner of the San Francisco 49ers, highlighted by the Joovv 'Recovery Room' built adjacent to the locker room.

Sound/Acoustic Therapies

Vibratory, Auditory Stimulation May Help Patients with Insomnia

Vibratory and auditory stimulation may alter functional connectivity in the brain and improve sleep for patients with insomnia, according to results of a functional MRI study published in Sleep Disorders. “This study...

Ventilation Therapies - ASV

Primary Central Sleep Apnea Is Still a Mystery

But a new retrospective population-based study finds higher-than-expected frequencies of death, dementia, and arrhythmias.