Sleep Apnea has become known as a wide spread problem in the transportation industry in recent years. According to a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration commissioned study, out of 3.4 million licensed Commercial Drivers, approximately 26% of drivers suffer from some form of sleep apnea. Studies have shown that sleep apnea can severely impact driving performance by greatly increasing fatigue, boosting the risk of crashes. This has been considered a problem by many companies and they have in recent years started actively testing their drivers for the condition.
To the outsider, this might seem like a great concept. Who doesn't want safe drivers out on the road? However, when we get down to the drivers themselves - and I mean the ones who are now having to deal not only with the long hours and regulations that get tighter every year; but the new and sometimes not always correct diagnoses of sleep apnea. A diagnoses means that driver have to deal with a big machine taking up space in their trucks and having to deal with dodging hoses and wires while sleeping in a small uncomfortable bed.
I present to you Airing! A new device that is currently in the process of raising funding to hit the markets. It was an accidental discovery by Inventor Stephen A. Marsh. as he was researching applications for his micro blowers. His brother has sleep apnea and he thought that he might be able to help him out. There is currently no date for the release of the product onto the market, but watch this space for more information.
Here is the website: http://www.fundairing.com/journal/2015/4/30/introducing-the-worlds-first-hoseless-cordless-maskless-battery-powered-cpap-device
To the outsider, this might seem like a great concept. Who doesn't want safe drivers out on the road? However, when we get down to the drivers themselves - and I mean the ones who are now having to deal not only with the long hours and regulations that get tighter every year; but the new and sometimes not always correct diagnoses of sleep apnea. A diagnoses means that driver have to deal with a big machine taking up space in their trucks and having to deal with dodging hoses and wires while sleeping in a small uncomfortable bed.
I present to you Airing! A new device that is currently in the process of raising funding to hit the markets. It was an accidental discovery by Inventor Stephen A. Marsh. as he was researching applications for his micro blowers. His brother has sleep apnea and he thought that he might be able to help him out. There is currently no date for the release of the product onto the market, but watch this space for more information.
Here is the website: http://www.fundairing.com/journal/2015/4/30/introducing-the-worlds-first-hoseless-cordless-maskless-battery-powered-cpap-device