Company Offers Technology to Track Sleep Apnea Compliance

Umbian Inc. announced it has developed technology that enables trucking companies to monitor the use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure devices used to treat sleep apnea.

The technology, called “U-Sleep,” monitors usage of CPAP devices and provides daily feedback to CPAP users, their employers, sleep specialists and insurance carriers based on customizable compliance standards, the technology company said. Monitoring CPAP device usage encourages regular use and therefore improves the effectiveness of therapy, Umbian said.

As part of an overall sleep apnea management program, U-Sleep can help companies decrease absenteeism, accidents and liability while increasing employees’ productivity and quality of life, the company said.