Want to know more about our home sleep assessment!

 The sleep assessment ring we use is an FDA-cleared Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI) device, comparable to an AHI from polysomnography (PSG) with just a single point of contact. But it does more than that; it's a clinical tool that analyzes the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) during sleep, which has a two-way relationship with sleep/wake control. The ANS is key to maintaining the body's balance, achieved through coordination of heart rate variability and breathing, which are the core components of Cardiopulmonary Coupling (CPC), the technique behind our sleep ring. This ring is a diagnostic and management tool that tracks sleep quality and sleep apnea. Clinical research shows this combined method helps manage blood pressure and other cardiovascular and cardiometabolic markers, along with treating sleep apnea as measured by the AHI.

The ANS not only manages the two-way relationship with sleep and wake control, but it also identifies NREM sleep as either Stable or Unstable based on the interaction between heart rate variability and breathing rate variability.

 Our sleep assessment ring output puts sleep back into sleep medicine to expand patient care beyond the AHI.

Besides diagnosing obstructive and central sleep apnea, our sleep assessment ring can evaluate other sleep disorders, offering valuable clinical info for assessing insomnia and possibly other issues like movement disorders. Autonomic dysfunction and sleep patterns influence each other. For example, insomnia can boost sympathetic activation and disrupt sleep, raising the risk for cardiovascular stress and poor blood pressure control, even without sleep apnea. Another example is periodicity, which signals a higher risk of negative cardiovascular outcomes.