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NIRSleep is developing an easy-to-use wearable neuroimaging platform to calculate sleep indices by measuring cerebral oxygenation. Our technology and design will produce higher quality data and more actionable insights than consumer wearables but won’t disrupt the sleeper with bulky or wired multi-component systems like current sleep-measurement tools. NIRSleep is easy to use for multi-night tests and may capture behavioral conditions such as insomnia. Interestingly, the platform could be used during wake to investigate cognitive function, or cerebral hypoxia. NIRSleep is rugged, waterproof, easily integrated into headgear like skullcaps and helmets, and can either stream or store data securely on board.
The NIRSense device uses functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure deep tissue oxygenation, heart rate, and respiratory rate in the body and in the brain, similarly to other FDA-approved devices such as the Medtronic INVOS. Real-time tissue oxygenation measurements have significant value as an early indicator of health status. Continuously tracking tissue oxygenation can also inform medical decision making in critical care and emergency medicine, remote patient monitoring and chronic disease, rehabilitation and training optimization during recovery, and monitoring of neurological activity in healthy, injured, and diseased populations.
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Richmond, VA 23223
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