Fox 5 San Diego interviews Dr. Tom Schwieterman of Midmark on sleep apnea and the smallest, lightest home testing device in the market.
In order to diagnose Sleep Apnea or other sleep disorders, a patient must undergo a polysomnography (sleep study). This is typically done in a sleep lab, requiring the patient to spend the night in-lab, while the polysomnography (PSG) equipment records his/her physiological data. However, today with technological advancements a polysomnograpy can be performed at home and is called home sleep testing (HST).
PS: You can download a complete sleep screening test to see if you or your patient are at risk for Sleep Apnea. Also, read more about CleveMed’s Home Sleep Monitors here.
CleveMed announces Sharma Penix as the winner of the post-Sleep 2010 SleepView Raffle! Sharma, from Dayton Ohio, is a Sleep Technician at the SouthView Sleep Disorder Center with the Kettering Health Network. Sharma will receive a SleepView Home Sleep Monitor, along with the Crystal PSG software for reviewing, scoring and creating sleep reports.
CleveMed wishes to thank every one who submitted entries for the SleepView Raffle! We appreciate your interest in the SleepView, and welcome your requests for more information.
About SleepView: It’s the smallest and lightest home sleep monitor with AASM recommended Type 3 channel set- and, ergonomically designed for patients to perform a self test for obstructive sleep apnea, right at home.
It all began when it was time for the needed photoshoot for SleepView, (our new baby among CleveMed’s family of sleep diagnostic devices). I went to Sarah (my boss) and said, “Who should be the model?” She paused a moment, then rattled off 2 names from the engineering department. “Maybe they would like to help?” she smiled sweetly.
I emailed them both; a pleading, cajoling couple of sentences, and waited. Surprisingly, they seemed quite happy to switch gears for a bit, and the first affirmative came 48 minutes sooner than the other. So the choice was easy: Dominic.
The day before the photo/video-shoot was quite a buzz of activity.
Dominic was kind enough to not back out of the whole thing while he had the chance.
Tony (our photographer) was just amazing. Just being in Tony’s studio, seemed to make the creative juices flow. We were spouting all kinds of ideas for future ad campaigns: one part of me marveled, yet another part of me cringed. But we needed this rambling I think… Dominic needed to take his mind off the discomfort he must have surely endured, from holding his hands out over a white board, and obeying 5-syllable instructions from Tony: “An-inch-to-the-left.” “Turn-device-clock-wise. No, your clock-wise.” “Curve your index finger a little toward you?” (No kidding, Dominic left for vacation the next day).
Finally, Tony dropped off our DVD and I must say that Dominic’s hands look good holding the SleepView and the SleepView looks just great: small, compact, and oh-so-easy to handle! But Tony was not the only one who took pictures that day. I just had to sneak a couple of cell phone pics that I have posted on our Facebook page. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did.