The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Saturday, October 17, 2026
Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. (CleveMed) was just issued a new patent (US Patent No. 10,076,269) entitled “Devices and methods for sleep disorder diagnosis and treatment”. The patent covers technologies that enable data transfer from home sleep apnea therapy (CPAP) to the cloud through software apps on patients’ cell phones or […]
A new international guideline has been developed to help physicians diagnosis idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a rare and often fatal lung disease whose cause is unknown. The 2018 clinical practice guideline was developed by experts representing four major respiratory societies—the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), Japanese […]
Royal Philips announced it has been recognized as Best Overall MedTech Company by the 2018 MedTech Breakthrough Awards, which also recognized Philips SmartSleep as Best Sleep Monitoring Solution. Over the last few years, Philips has evolved into a health technology company, focused on delivering solutions that can improve people’s lives across the […]
SleepScore Labs, the company behind the definitive consumer standard of sleep measurement and improvement, announced the release of its free SleepScore mobile app, which can turn any smartphone into a non-contact, standalone sleep tracker. According to SleepScore Labs, at least 1.2 billion people worldwide suffer from a variety of sleep issues, […]
The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA), the premier awards program for the medtech industry, announced and recognized the 2018 winners across 9 product categories at its annual awards ceremony that took place on June 12, in conjunction with Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) East. Every year, the MDEAs recognize significant achievements […]
Hospitals across the country are increasingly concerned with rising costs of diagnostic equipment, staffing shortages and reimbursement rates—as the need for sleep testing increases. Joseph LaPorta, CEO of Persante Health Care, explains the benefits and challenges of outsourcing your sleep program. As a 25 year young outsource sleep management provider, […]
Royal Philips announced the launch of DreamWear Full face, the third mask option available for its award-winning DreamWear mask system. Philips Respironics, the number one choice brand of U.S. sleep physicians for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and masks, used the company’s proprietary design tools to analyze facial data from […]
Philips’s Trilogy offer multiple ventilation modes, real time data sharing capabilities and a long battery life that allows patients to have a near normal quality of life. Based on its recent analysis of the home ventilation market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Philips with the 2017 North American Home Ventilation […]
Electromed, Inc. today announced the late June launch of the SmartVest® SQL® with SmartVest Connect™ wireless technology, a personalized high frequency chest wall oscillation (HFCWO) therapy management portal for patients with compromised pulmonary function. The SmartVest SQL with wireless technology features built-in cellular connectivity, offering healthcare teams and patients access to treatment information […]
The AARC needs your help! There are three bills that have been introduced in the House of Representatives that include respiratory care as a telehealth service and respiratory therapists among the professionals covered to provide telehealth and/or remote patient monitoring services under Medicare. The bills are: H.R. 2550 — Medicare Telehealth Parity […]
