The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Sunday, August 30, 2026
In updated guidelines, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends considering the utilization of single-use, fully disposable devices and/or components. In response to this need, Compumedics has added DyMedix to its line of sensors and electrodes. The addition of DyMedix adds a second proven, durable, high-performance option to their portfolio, […]
Because mechanical ventilation is critical in the care of COVID-19 patients, Dräger leveraged its Intensive Care On-line Network (ICON) emergency program to supply 20 mechanical ventilators to metro New York City and other hard-hit area hospitals during the city’s COVID-19 peak crisis and continues to deliver ventilators to emerging pandemic hot spots in […]
3B Medical is pleased to announce the launch of its newest member to the Lumin family of disinfection products, the Lumin Wand. Lumin is a family of germicidal UVC disinfecting devices which includes the Lumin CPAP Cleaner and Multipurpose Sanitizer, the Lumin Bullet and the Lumin Wand. The Lumin Wand […]
3M has resolved a case in federal court in Indiana against ZeroAqua, halting a fraudulent N95 scheme involving the promise of billions of nonexistent N95 respirators. The claims against Defendants have been resolved through the entry of a consent judgment, a court-entered permanent injunction, and a payment to 3M for […]
Royal Philips has announced the launch of the Philips Respironics Mask Selector, the first and only clinically validated, 3D facial scanning solution that helps providers to fit 9 out of 10 patients with the right mask from the start [1]. The proprietary Mask Selector algorithm offers a novel solution in the […]
US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) clears Servo-air® mechanical ventilator for use with adult and pediatric patients dependent on intensive care ventilation, expanding upon the Servo family of products available in the United States for decades. “FDA 510(k) clearance for Servo-air will broaden our US offering with a turbine-driven ventilator,” says Eric […]
Dräger has leveraged its 100+ years of critical care expertise to develop a new solution designed specifically to address the needs of the long-term acute care (LTAC) environment. With Dräger’s solution, LTAC facilities can maintain quality throughout the continuum of care with the convenience of a single vendor. Along with Dräger’s proven […]
Masimo announced the results of a study published in Pneumonia in which independent researchers in New Delhi, India, investigated the accuracy of Masimo RRp® on pediatric patients with the Rad-G™ Pulse Oximeter by comparing it to clinician-determined values while performing routine assessment of children admitted to outpatient and emergency departments.1 RRp provides respiration rate […]
More research must be done to investigate the role of air pollution on the epigenome in patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), in order to develop strategies that minimize the effects of these pollutants, according to a new article published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory […]
On April 1, 2020, a dozen anesthesiology resident physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital kicked off an audacious public challenge to design a rapidly deployable, minimum viable ventilator that could address shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in developing countries. Just three months and more than 200 submissions later, a […]
