Tag: Home Sleep Testing
Persante buys Sleep Management Services
April 8, 2025HME News Staff
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. – Persante Health Care has acquired Sleep Management Services, which provides sleep care solutions to more than 15 hospitals in Arkansas and Texas.
As a result of the deal, Persante now operates across 85 hospital-based centers, ambulatory facilities and systems, providing in-lab and home sleep studies to more than 125,000 patients annually.
“This acquisition represents a major leap forward in our mission to deliver innovative, high-quality sleep management...
Dreem, Sunrise launch women’s health program
March 10, 2025HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Dreem Health, a digital sleep clinic managed by the Sunrise Group, has launched a women’s health program for women experiencing sleep issues due to pregnancy, PCOS, perimenopause, menopause and PMS. As part of the program, Dreem Health’s licensed providers will now evaluate their symptoms, diagnose their conditions using the Sunrise at-home sleep test device, and create a personalized treatment plan or refer them to a partner for further care. “As a company that...
PranaQ set to launch TipTraQ nationwide
February 25, 2025HME News Staff
NEW YORK – PranaQ has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for TipTraQ, a single point of contact home sleep apnea test wearable that it says provides sleep and respiratory insights with minimal disruption. With this clearance, PranaQ is set to launch TipTraQ nationwide to sleep clinics, telehealth providers and hospitals. "Receiving FDA clearance for TipTraQ is a significant milestone in our mission to revolutionize sleep diagnostics and monitoring,”...
Lofta, PMTA partner for trucking safety
February 24, 2025HME News Staff
SAN DIEGO – Lofta has announced a strategic partnership with the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association to increase access to streamlined at-home sleep apnea testing and treatment for trucking professionals. Through the partnership, PMTA members will benefit from Lofta Direct’s comprehensive at-home sleep apnea program, which provides fast, accurate diagnoses without the need to visit an overnight lab. Lofta will also provide ongoing CPAP therapy support for diagnosed drivers and ensure...
Huxley Medical HST approved for cellular data capabilities
February 7, 2025HME News Staff
ATLANTA – Huxley Medical, a commercial-stage medical technology firm focused on streamlining detection of sleep and heart disorders, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its SANSA home sleep apnea test to begin using cellular data upload capabilities. The company says this breakthrough eliminates the need for Bluetooth pairing or smartphone apps commonly required to transmit test data to physicians, addressing a common source of failed home testing, while simplifying...
I’ve had ‘the conversation about sleep’
October 25, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
“You have mild sleep apnea.” Wait, what?!
After several months of appointment scheduling, first with my primary care physician who, to her credit, took my sleep concerns very seriously, and then with the sleep doc (sleep doctors are a busy lot!) and then a home sleep study (thank you, WatchPAT), the verdict was in.
You see, I wake up several times a night, exacerbated by an inability to then fall back asleep. I am, in other words, tired.
However, as a...
Sleep race
October 25, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
Just as we were putting the final touches on the October issue, Apple announced that its new smartwatch would include a sleep apnea feature.
We were expecting this. Earlier this year, Samsung Electronics announced that the sleep apnea feature on the Samsung Health Monitor app had received de novo authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and everyone expected that Apple and Google were not far behind.
Following Samsung’s announcement, a consistent topic of...
Withings gets clearance for home sleep screening device
September 10, 2024HME News Staff
BOSTON – Withings has announced that its Sleep Rx Mat has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, marking a new era in sleep diagnosis and paving the way to better health outcomes for millions of adults in the United States, the company says. Sleep Rx is an advanced sleep device clinically validated for use in the home screening of adults with suspected sleep breathing disorders as an aid for diagnosis for OSA, sleep analysis and heart rate estimation. The mat requires...
New Apple Watch has sleep apnea feature
September 10, 2024HME News Staff
CUPERTINO, Calif. – Apple on Sept. 9 unveiled Apple Watch Series 10, which among other things, features a new sleep apnea feature.
Building on the intelligent health features already available to track key overnight metrics such as heart rate, respiratory rate and wrist temperature, the watch’s new sleep apnea feature can help identify signs of sleep apnea, the company says, by using the accelerometer to monitor small movements at the wrist that are associated with interruptions...
EnsoData, Nonin partner to increase access to home sleep testing
August 28, 2024HME News Staff
MADISON, Wisc. – A new partnership will combine the EnsoSleep PPG software as a medical device (SaMD) algorithm with Nonin’s WristOx Model 3150 reusable wrist-worn device to offer sleep labs an affordable solution to test for sleep apnea at home. Nonin’s WristOx Model 3150 delivers fast, accurate oxygen saturation and pulse rate readings in challenging conditions, including low perfusion and in motion, by using sensors that provide continuous SpO2 monitoring and data recording....