POSTS TAGGED AS sleep apnea

Ingestible Vital Signs Monitoring Capsule

First-in-human trial of an ingestible vitals-monitoring pill
“In this work, we [engineers at MIT and West Virginia University] report on the [MORE]

Radar Monitoring Vital Signs

FMCW-Radar
Researchers at the University of Waterloo (Canada) assert this:  “we use a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar operating at [MORE]

A Pacemaker for the Lungs

Respiratory Pacemaker
Respicardia (Minnetonka, MN) has now implanted a breathing “pacemaker” in its first clinically approved patient. The device stimulates the [MORE]

Polysomnography in a Patch

SomnaPatch
Sleep apnea is a risk factor for many serious health conditions. For example, pauses in breathing followed by an abrupt [MORE]

Monitoring Sleep Apnea with a Smart Phone

Smartphone-app-for-Sleep-Apnea
Sleep apnea is nothing to snore over. It can be debilitating by itself, as well as indicating other issues like [MORE]

Most Profitable in Medical Devices

ResMed S9 Elite
Surgical dexterity, slow heartbeats, and sleep apnea are the drivers of the three most profitable medtech manufactures: [MORE]

Tongue Pacemaker for Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea Pacemaker
Otolaryngologists Charité — Universitätsmedizin in Berlin have implanted the world’s first pacemaker device to control sleep apnea.  [MORE]

24/7 BP Monitor

Monitoring Wristwatch
Sleep and Blood Pressure Have an Interesting Relationship. Normally, a person’s BP drops to its lowest [MORE]

Tongue Stimulation to Prevent Sleep Apnea

ImThera Product – Sleep Apnea
San Diego-based ImThera has developed an implantable device to prevent sleep apnea-though it is not [MORE]

LifeWatch’s “Teleclinic”

Atrial Fibrillation
Three to five percent of Americans over age 65 have atrial fibrillation (2.2 million people) and some of [MORE]

SomnoSENS and More

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits in Erlangen, Germany had developed a mobile sleep lab for home assessment, [MORE]