Sleep Therapy
Sleep Therapy has been anything but boring over
the last 16 months. Just as sleep providers started to
get their footing during the COVID-19 public health
emergency, along came the Philips device recall.
In both cases, sleep providers have had to deal with uncertain
supply chains while serving both existing patients and
onboarding new ones.
Moreover, when it comes to the public health emergency,
providers of sleep therapy equipment and services had to develop
new procedures and use new tools to safely and effectively provide
products and services to patients and coordinate with referrals.
While all that was happening, providers have to keep up to
speed with the market changes and innovations that have always
been part and parcel of the sleep therapy market. While the
public health emergency or a product recall might have created
gaps in some supplies, new masks, accessories, and other devices
and products have been getting released.
Likewise, there are a variety of business services and software
offerings on the market to help sleep therapy providers run more
efficient businesses, help their referral partners introduce new
patients to therapy, and ensure optimal outcomes.
So, bearing all that in mind, let’s take a look at some of the
products and services that have recently hit the market:
Bleep
Bleep Eclipse
Mask cuts out headgear to increase user comfort, compliance
Bleep Eclipse is a no-headgear CPAP mask
utilizing MagSeal technology for the only
clinically proven no leak, rapid on/off CPAP
therapy experience. No headgear means no
over-tightened mask, no morning strap lines
on the face, no matted or damaged hair,
ability to sleep in any position, dramatically
reduces claustrophobia. Billable as a nasal
pillow mask under codes A7034 and A7033.
The mask’s development was partially
funded by NIH Grant designed to improve
PAP compliance.
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc.
F&P Evora Full
Full-face mask delivers full performance with minimal contact
F&P Evora Full is Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s
new compact full face mask for the delivery
of CPAP therapy to treat OSA. Evora Full
delivers full performance with minimal
contact. Evora Full sits under the nose for a
clear line of sight. There are three seal sizes
available: Extra Small, Small to Medium, and
Large and two headgear sizes; standard and
extra large.
Sunset Healthcare Solutions
Sol Full Face CPAP Mask
CPAP Mask delivers premium features without the premium price
The Sol Full Face CPAP Mask offers easy
pop cushions quickly detach and connect
without painstakingly aligning components.
The lightweight headgear is made with
soft, skin-friendly fabric and designed for
better stability. A honeycomb vent reduces
intensity for a gentle, quiet flow. A quick
release connector provides convenience and
freedom. Sol helps maximize reimbursements without sacrificing
quality or patient comfort and compliance.
TeleHealth Clinical Evals
Telehealth Clinical Evals-PAP
Service provides turnkey sleep evaluations, prescription updates via telehealth
Telehealth Clinical Evals-PAP partners
with HME and PAP providers for sleep
evaluations, ongoing CPAP compliance
evaluations, and annual CPAP prescription
updates. The company’s team of licensed
physicians provides face-to-face clinical
evaluations through its proprietary audio/video conference technology. All telehealth
evaluations are compliant, convenient, and
efficient for patients in the home or facility.
All evaluations come with the attestation of
no financial relationship with the Provider
and no cost for this service.
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Inc.
Evora
Nasal mask features world’s first CapFit headgear
F&P Evora is a compact nasal mask for the
delivery of PAP therapy to treat obstructive
sleep apnea. It features the world’s first CapFit
headgear. With Dynamic Support Technology
the stability wings work in synergy with the
floating seal to allow freedom of movement
while keeping the Evora comfortably in place.
The minimal floating seal wraps around the nose to ensure a flexible
and comfortable fit.
OxyGo LLC
OxyGo CPAP Sanitizer
CPAP sanitizer can be used to clean more than just masks and tubes
The new OxyGo CPAP Sanitizer doesn’t just
clean CPAP masks and tubing, it can sanitize
everyday items such as cell phones, toothbrushes,
keys, earpieces, remote controls,
and glasses. With a lightweight, sleek design
and large inner capacity sanitizing is easy. Two
options offer a model with UV and activated oxygen (three modes)
and a model with only UV technology. The device uses neither
water, nor harmful chemicals and does not interface with CPAP
devices.
Quality Biomedical
Patient Direct
New program helps patients with defective PAP devices
Many HMEs lose time and money
managing their patients’ defective
CPAPs. Quality Biomedical‘s new Patient Direct program gives
HME companies a unique URL that they e-mail to the patient who
then completes the online form and works directly with Quality
Biomedical. The service is designed to care for patients easily
and quickly. Turnaround time is usually one week or less. Quality
Biomedical services both ResMed and Respironics CPAPs and
BiPAPs, as well as warranty units for ResMed. An MSRP invoice is
provided for insurance reimbursement.
Sunset Healthcare Solutions
Passive Heated Breathing Circuit
Comfortable, value-oriented humidification circuit opens up access
Sunset Healthcare
Solutions’ new Passive Heated Breathing Circuit aims to deliver the kind of value
that makes treatment more accessible
for patients. The circuit is specifically
designed for use with the Fisher & Paykel
MR850 humidifier for ventilators. It delivers
comfortable humidification to adult
patients in hospital or homecare environments
and is intended for single use only.
The circuit includes the heating wire cable,
and chamber and airway probe ports. The
Passive Heated Breathing Circuit is one of
the newest additions to Sunset’s active,
passive, heated, and non-heated vent
circuits and accessory line.
Masimo
softFlow
New nasal high-flow therapy solution enhances threapy
Masimo’s new softFlow provides warmed
and humidified respiratory gases at high
flow rates through a soft nasal cannula to
spontaneously breathing patients suffering
from respiratory distress and other pulmonary
conditions. Equipped with an advanced integrated flow generator
that delivers consistent flow during inspiration and expiration,
softFlow is designed to enhance therapy benefits while eliminating
the need to connect to an external source of compressed air.
Hans Rudolph
Hans Rudolph 7600 V2 Mask
Mask ideal for home and healthcare CPAP/Bi-level use
The Hans Rudolph 7600 V2 Mask series are reusable,
multi-patient full face masks that incorporate
five sizes to fit a wide range of patients. The under-the-chin fit, new sealing flange, and anatomically
contoured design helps ensure the best possible
leak-free fit. Those features combined with the
high quality, soft silicone and steam autoclavable and dishwasher
safe materials make the mask ideal for home and healthcare CPAP/Bi-level use. Non-vented and anti-aasphyxia valve-only swivels are
available upon request.