Bleep attracts funding
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:47 AM CST, Mon December 13, 2021
MADISON, Wis. – Bleep has been awarded a $1.7 million SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health to optimize positive airway pressure mask design for use in the home and acute care/hospital settings. The company will use the grant to optimize its Eclipse PAP, which focuses on having no headgear or straps and addressing leaks, and produce the validation data necessary for successful market commercialization. “Eclipse, our generation two product, will not only continue to address patient comfort and compliance, but also focus on rapid on-off interface, creating a sleek, no leak interface for both home and acute care use,” said Stuart Heatherington, founder and executive chair. “The sleek design is expected to aid in reduction of claustrophobia, a common CPAP mask concern, reduction in forced air pressure, improvement in AHI and improvement in uninterrupted sleep goals. These improvements, combined with greater fit, should improve patient comfort and compliance, leading to improved health and decreased health costs.” Up to 50% of CPAP users are not compliant due to headgear/mask complaints, the company says.
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