HoneyNaps, a startup from South Korea that offers AI for the diagnosis of sleep disorders, has raised $11.6 million from a recent Series B funding round.
WHAT IT'S FOR
According to a press statement, its fresh funds will be used to cement its presence in the United States market. At present, the sleep technology sector there is valued at $9 billion. It is projected to grow to $39 billion by 2033...
Researchers from Monash University's Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health have developed a mobile app that helps personalise the sleep-wake cycle of hospital shift workers.
HOW IT WORKS
The app called SleepSync entirely tailors a sleep-wake cycle to an individual user by taking into account their calendar for work and personal commitments and daily logging of actual sleep/wake times and...
Two Japanese companies, health tech firm Four H and Aculys Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on treating mental health disorders, are collaborating to further understand and help people with sleeping disorders.
Their goal is to have an objective understanding of sleeping disorders, particularly narcolepsy and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)....
ASX-listed ResApp Health has received the US Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) clearance for SleepCheckRx, its mobile sleep apnoea screening app.
Introduced two years ago, SleepCheck is an at-home test for adults who are at risk of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea. It screens for the condition by analysing breathing and snore sounds recorded via phone.
It has been approved as a...
Pear Therapeutics is partnering with telecommunications and information technology conglomerate SoftBank Corp. to develop a digital therapeutic treating sleep-wake disorders for the Japanese market.
Under the agreement, SoftBank will research market opportunities for the therapeutic and can negotiate an exclusive license to commercialize the product in Japan.
Pear said the deal is part of its...
HoneyNaps, a South Korea-based healthcare startup, has unveiled its medical software that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose sleep disorders.
WHAT IT DOES
Called SOMNUM, the deep learning-based analysis programme enables real-time, multi-channel, large-capacity signal analysis. It automatically provides polysomnography readings that are said to be more accurate than conventional auto-...
