Upper Airway Articles & Analysis
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Steriwave photodisinfection technology has been shown to be safe and effective against drug-resistant pathogens. The nose and upper airway have been identified as the primary reservoir for many threatening pathogens including MRSA, Candida auris, and SARS-CoV-2. ...
Globally, Peptest has provided patients and physicians with valuable information about the presence of pepsin in the upper-airway. With the launch of PepsinCheck, Restech is making this sleek three-vial saliva test kit readily available in the U.S. ...
ByRestech
May 1, 2022 – Inhalation therapies, despite their prevalence in treating pulmonary diseases and respiratory-related conditions, have numerous setbacks, such as the deposition of aerosolized particles in the upper ...
” Beyond campylobacter, Lumen is currently applying the technology to a growing list of highly prevalent diseases, including the following publicly disclosed programs: LMN-201, a complex biologic cocktail for prevention of C. difficile infection (in collaboration with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Rockefeller University) LMN-301, an antibody cocktail ...
MAD are a non-invasive treatment option for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and act by increasing the upper airway volume. However, the exact therapeutic mechanism of action remains unclear. ...
ByFluidda
Termed the SUPRA study (Study Using Negative Pressure to Reduce Apnea), the trial will evaluate the treatment benefits and safety of applying mild external vacuum over the upper airway with the aerSleep® II device in subjects with moderate and severe OSA who are unable to use standard therapy with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) ...
” aerSleep II uses a soft silicone collar to apply mild negative pressure over the external surface of the neck to hold the airway open during sleep. It is a small self-contained unit with an integrated vacuum pump which is quiet and easy to use and maintain. ...
” aerSleep II applies negative pressure over the external surface of the neck to hold the airway open during sleep. It is a self-contained unit with an integral vacuum pump which is quiet, and easy to use and maintain. ...
Kingman Strohl MD, a pulmonologist and sleep specialist at Case Western Reserve University commented, “This is a safe tool for critical care and anesthesia specialists to deploy in order to pull open the upper airway from the outside for a better view, reduce manipulations inside the airway, and improve procedure ...
It was relatively simple to fit and initiate treatment with this device, which has a number of advantages over current therapies like continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). I look forward to adding aerSleep to my treatment options for OSA.” The aerSleep™ system consists of a comfortable silicone collar fitted on the front of the neck which holds the ...
— MAY 14, 2019 — Sommetrics, a company providing products and services to improve sleep quality, today announced it has been selected to be one of five companies to present at the airways symposium of the Respiratory Innovation Summit in Dallas on May 17, 2019. ...
” Continuous negative external pressure (cNEP®), now referred to as aer+ technology, is Sommetrics’ patented technology that uses the application of negative external air pressure on the outside of the neck to gently hold the airway open. This innovative technology is integrated into aerSleepTM, the company’s non-invasive solution to treat obstructive sleep ...
This capital will support the company’s development and commercialization of products to treat disorders of the upper airway such as obstructive sleep apnea and chronic snoring. “Our mission is to improve the quality of sleep for people worldwide,” said Richard Rose, M.D., Sommetrics’ CEO and board chair. ...
There are various options available for avoiding snoring like one potentially effective option is wearing an anti-snoring mouth appliance, which pulls the jaw (along with the tongue) slightly forward to open the upper airway. An appliance made by a ...