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New FDA Committee to Weigh in on Digital Health Technologies
The US Food and Drug Administration has created a new Digital Health Advisory Committee to help the agency explore the complex, scientific, and technical issues related to digital health technologies.
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Designing the Future of Sleep EEG
As the quest to capture brain waves beyond the sleep lab continues, EEG electrodes will likely soon capture signals from surprising locations (minus today’s globs of gel).
Fitbits Underestimate Sleep Time, Study Finds
Fitbit devices provide accurate measurements of wearers’ circadian rhythms but underestimate sleep measures, according to researchers.
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Consumer Sleep-Tracking Ring’s Pulse Oximeter Under FDA Review for Clinical Use
The 510(k) application covers Evie Ring’s pulse oximeter which includes heart rate and blood oxygen saturation data and is expected to make it one of the first consumer wearables that is also cleared for clinical use.
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Self-perception of Sleep Quality, Not Actigraphy Data, Impacts Mood Most
Research suggests there is a difference between actigraphy-measured sleep efficiency and people’s own perception of their sleep quality in how they link to people’s evaluations of their well-being.
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Beacon Biosignals Bolsters Sleep Medicine Research Through Acquisition of Dreem
The acquisition allows Beacon to launch at-home sleep monitoring services for clinical trials via the integration of Dreem’s clinically-validated hardware with Beacon’s next-generation EEG analytics platform, according to Beacon.
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X-trodes Awarded €5.2M to Advance Electrode Patch for Home Sleep Monitoring
X-trodes has received a €5.2 million award from the European Innovation Council Accelerator to propel the development and commercialization of its home sleep monitoring solutions.
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Sleep Wearables Could Bridge the Gap in Sleep Health for Marginalized Populations
New research highlights the potential of wearable sleep devices to improve sleep health among marginalized populations and identifies possible barriers to the acceptance and adoption of wearable technologies.
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Technology Is Radically Changing Sleep as We Know It
From sleep trackers to wakefulness drugs, the 21st century has seen an influx of new technology that could radically alter the way we sleep.
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InsideTracker Integrates With Oura to Offer Personalized Sleep Advice
InsideTracker has integrated with Oura, maker of Oura Ring, to provide users with sleep and activity recommendations.
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New 24-Hour Clinical Sleep Solution Provides Longitudinal Sleep Health Data
The new sleep solution harnesses the power of wearables to offer 40 sleep metrics that equip clinicians with in-depth, longitudinal sleep health data to help uncover sleep disorders and improve sleep quality, according to the company.
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Sleep Tracking Ring Maker Oura Acquires Digital Identity Platform Proxy
Oura provides details on how the acquisition will help strengthen its position in the consumer wearables market.
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Empatica Introduces New Sensor Modes for Sleep Monitoring
Empatica Actigraphy was developed to suit the needs of sleep and activity-related studies and provide digital biomarkers across various core areas.
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Cerebra Gets Funding to Develop Consumer Sleep Improvement Technology
In collaboration with IDUN Technologies and Pilotfish, Cerebra hopes to create a platform that will provide insights to help consumers sleep and perform better.
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X-trodes, EMOTIV Wearable Electrode Patch Collaboration Targets At-Home Brain Monitoring
MOTIV customers can now use X-trodes’ proprietary dry-printed electrodes to stream user-generated data through the EmotivPRO mobile app for processing and analysis on EMOTIV’s cloud-based platform.
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Updated Standard for Wearable Sleep Monitors Released by National Sleep Foundation, Consumer Technology Association
The National Sleep Foundation and the Consumer Technology Association have released a September 2022 update to its standard, Definitions and Characteristics for Wearable Sleep Monitors.
Read MoreNew Conductive Cotton Thread Could Facilitate Mass Manufacturing of Wearable Sleep Sensors
A research team embroidered the wearable sensors into a face mask to monitor breathing and a t-shirt to monitor heart activity.
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