Watch PAT100 -- a must have device for apnea suffers

[meister]

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[tomjax]

You say it is a must-have.
I am a bit confused.

To ome, it seems this device is diagnostic only an would be of no benefit in treating anything.

I assume it will be competitive with a sleep study and the results on a couple of things are very close.
I doubt it would provide as much info as a sleep study, but it would bertainly be a lot cheaper.
SOMETHING is needed to make a dx of sleep disorders more affordable.

[meister]

My experience is that many of us need to do a number of sleep studies
until we get things fine-tuned. We are faced with the task of either
paying $3000 per study, or getting insurance to pay for multiple
studies. We are all in great need of a cheaper "in-home" system which
we could rent for a couple of weeks, until we got "fine-tuned". In my
opinion, one night in a foreign sleep lab, for a split-study, in which a
Doctor, who isn't even there, determines the perfect pressure for your
CPAP, is ridiculous. For most of us, one constant pressure doesn't work
for tummy sleeping, back sleeping, side sleeping, and nights when our
nasal passages are all congested. If we just banned CPAPs and everyone
got an Auto, the price of Autos would drop to under $300.

[rock and roll]

Meister, I will second that notion. Autos ought to be automatic!

[loonlvr]

Great machine for $5400.00. Think I will trade in my car for one.

[Interesting Article?...]

Informative article, a few questions come to my mind. So if this device recognizes REM Sleep and the good 'dr' said one can ''wake up and remember dreams"...why bother going to sleep, when sleep apnea in itself is problematic for staying asleep, achieving the varying levels of sleep, etc. So what will this machine do FOR US, once it recognizes we're in a REM sleep? Jolt us awake...Also another question on a personal observation, for diabetics, with neuropathy from yrs and yrs of self testing, how would this machine register ''our REM'' sleep patterns?

Price point? Will insurance cover this? I can see my ins company gearing up for that big NO......

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