Tag: ApniCure
ApniCure combines DTC, telehealth business model
January 27, 2017Jeff Rowe
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - For many patients struggling with obstructive sleep apnea, the longtime standard treatment— CPAP therapy—may not be worse than the condition itself, but pretty close.In fact, according to David Jones, chief business officer at Redwood City, Calif.-based ApniCure, upwards of 50% of sleep apnea patients who start using CPAP don't continue the therapy. Moreover, many patients give up altogether on finding an effective treatment.With its recent decision to release the...
Product news: ApniCure, DeVilbiss
December 8, 2016HME News Staff
Redwood City, Calif.-based ApniCure has made its Winx Sleep Therapy System for obstructive sleep apnea available for direct purchase by consumers. Winx provides relief from OSA without a mask, making it ideal for patients who can't or won't use a CPAP machine, the company says. The system, which is cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was previously only available in select sleep labs. Winx is currently available to consumers only in California, but ApniCure plans for broader...
Trial gives thumbs up to Winx
August 6, 2013HME News Staff
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - ApniCure has announced that positive results from the ATLAST clinical trials of its Winx sleep therapy system to treat obstructive sleep apnea have been published in Sleep Medicine. The trial results show significant improvements in both apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and oxygen desaturation index (ODI) on the first night of treatment and following 28 days of using the Winx. The results also show high levels of patient adherence, and improvements in sleep architecture and subjective...