KPAP New Machine

[JackieLee]

I just saw this on YouTube. I have no idea how solid this is or even if it's been insurance certified yet? Thinking-about

KPAP (Kairos Positive Airway Pressure) is a newer positive airway pressure therapy designed to treat obstructive sleep apnea by delivering air pressure only when it is needed most during the breathing cycle, rather than maintaining a constant high pressure like traditional CPAP.

How KPAP Works
Targeted Timing:Named after the Greek word kairos("at the right time"), the algorithm drops pressure during inspiration and much of expiration, then raises it back to optimal therapeutic levels right at end-expiration.

Vulnerable Airways:End-expiration is when the upper airway is most susceptible to narrowing or collapse, so precise timing maximizes airway support while lowering overall average pressure.
Key Potential Benefits
Equal Efficacy:Clinical studies show KPAP is just as effective at reducing the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) as standard CPAP.

Improved Comfort:Research indicates high patient preference for KPAP over CPAP, largely due to easier exhalation and lower overall inspiratory pressure.

Reduced Leaks:Clinical testing demonstrated that KPAP reduced unintentional air leaks by over 50% compared to traditional continuous pressure.

[LSAT]

Autoset machines increase and decrease pressure as needed.

[Sleepzilla]

FWIW, there's no such thing as "insurance certified" with context to OSA PAP therapy machines.

I've been following this new technology with some interest because I find the fundamental KPAP concept, technology, and potential to be both credible and quite interesting. At least as advertised anyway. But they they seem to be spinning their wheels in actually getting the device to market.

SleepRes received official FDA 510(k) clearance for the Kricket KPAP last December, which simply means that it's legally recognized as a government-certified medical device for treating OSA. Whether specific healthcare providers, insurance providers, and/or healthcare plans will recognize it as a reimbursable expense will be up to them on a case-by-case base. No doubt it's going to take a while as the KPAP technology is slowly rolled out, adopted, proven and deemed to provide effective OSA therapy for a reasonable price. I.e. credibility, affordability, and availability are all key and yet to be determined.

Regardless, those are all currently moot points. The KPAP isn't yet even being manufactured, distributed, priced, sold, and supported etc. Right now it's pretty much just conceptual vaporware. Most of the media buzz over the past 10 months is the result of SleepRes trying to raise seed funding to launch the business. They aren't even to the venture capital business scale-out phase yet. They still appear to be a ways out from getting the device to market and establishing demand and a new sales channel for it etc.

The last time I looked, a couple on months ago, SleepRes was up to 25 or so employees and still had no KPAP-related revenue stream. (For comparison, ResMed has 10K+ employees worldwide and does $5B+ in annual revenue.)

TL;DR it's gonna be a while before you can get your hands on a KPAP. Even longer if you want your doctor to write a prescription for it, and then your insurance company to pay for it.

[Nocibur]

I just saw this on YouTube. I have no idea how solid this is or even if it's been insurance certified yet? Thinking-about

Buying it? Why?

If you fall asleep within 15 minutes or so, who cares? What difference does a comfort measure make if you're asleep?

If you look at their efficiency data it's not all that impressive:

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Based on Sleep Efficiency ALL those guys are normal sleepers.

If you look at Total Sleep Time both groups are only sleeping for 3 hours!! WTF good is that?

Now if they take a bunch of TWAs with 50% SE and turn them into 90s w/7.8 hours of sleep, THEN they'll have something.