Sleep therapy equipment maker ResMed is launching Air Solutions, a new, connected-care solution for treating sleep-disordered breathing that seeks to benefit all stakeholders in the care continuum.
At the core of the Air Solutions platform lies a data-driven approach in its components that spans from diagnosis to treatment, compliance management and patient engagement. Together, the various Air Solutions components form a comprehensive, end-to-end “ecosystem” that directly addresses the pain points for each stakeholder in sleep therapy: physicians, sleep labs, home medical equipment providers, and the patients themselves.
That ecosystem approach, can increase efficiency and treatment efficacy by keeping providers informed and patients engaged, according to Don Darkin, president of the ResMed Sleep-Disordered Breathing Business Unit.
“With Air Solutions, we’re creating a new beginning in patient care,” Dark said.
Included in the Air Solutions platform are:
- ApneaLink Air, a compact and lightweight home sleep testing device that works seamlessly with AirView software to empower sleep labs to efficiently manage each step of the diagnostic process, and share data to appropriate user groups.
- AirSense 10 Series, a new series of continuous and automatic positive airway pressure devices (CPAP and APAP) that incorporate data and communications features to streamline the set-up, compliance management and compliance monitoring processes.
- AirCurve 10 Series, which includes a range of bi-level devices that meet a variety of patient conditions and needs, such as patients who need extra pressure support, as well as an ASV device for patients with Cheyne-Stokes respiration or who require adaptive-servo-ventilation.
- AirFit Masks, which includes the AirFit P10 nasal pillows system, which is the current market leader among new patients, the AirFit F10 full-face mask and the AirFit N10 nasal mask.
- AirView Monitoring and Compliance Management System, which, when used in conjunction with Air Solutions devices, streamlines the patient management process by providing troubleshooting, fault detection and more. The system enables data on demand, with patient data available in just one hour after a patient’s therapy session has ended.
- myAir Patient Engagement Application and Software, which helps patients better understand their own sleep data, with data dashboards, coaching and reinforcement messages, thus increasing compliance.
ApneaLink Air and AirFit masks are available now. The AirSense 10 and AirView will be available on Aug. 18. The AirCurve 10 Series and myAir will also be available later in 2014.