New Sleep Apnea Product: Lookee Sleep Monitor

It wasn't that long ago that I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea and have had to use a sleep monitor CPAP Machine. One of the models I used was the ResMed AirSense 10 AutoSet with a prescribed pressure at 6cm H2O. However, dеѕріtе аll my efforts I still had a hаrd time getting a goodnights rest wіth my CPAP at the beginning. I always woke up exhausted with chest раіnѕ almost every mоrnіng. And I wondered why my CPAP treatment wasn’t working well and what was really happening during my sleep?

My first sleep doctor told me my AHI number had dropped from 18 to 1 or less and I should had been getting the right treatment and he couldn’t do anything more for me. Yes, AHI is the only main data my CPAP report can give me. But I wanted to know more than this. So I decided to change my doctor and try again.

My second sleep doctor was great and she paid attention to other details other than just my AHI. She monitored my blood oxygen saturation level and heart rate during my sleep also. She lent me an oximeter with finger-clip to do two nights of sleep monitoring. After the first night, my finger could no longer tolerate the constrained finger-clip and I had to change to the other finger for the second night. Unfortunately the finger-clip sensor slipped away in the middle of my sleep and I only got one and half nights of recorded data. However, my doctor did find my average oxygen level was quite low. So she helped to put me on a 4-month waiting list for a sleep lab overnight testing in UBC Hospital.

Well, thinking of everything I had gone through. I told myself I am a professional tech guy and I believed I could do something more instead of just waiting around for another couple of months. And I found that the Finger-clip Oximeter was really not a user-friendly device for overnight use. I really wanted to make something that was simple, small and comfortable. Something great for personal use for in home self-monitoring. And something that can give insight into your sleep to let everyone be on top of his or her sleep treatment and management.

Together with my team of veteran developers, we figured out quickly the right technology and created a working prototype. As well as its App version 1.0 for myself to use. Well, I did finally see what happened during my sleep. Although I didn’t have too many drops in oxygen saturation level, thanks to the CPAP. But my average O2 level was still too low in comparison with a healthy person. I thought I didn’t get enough air with my mask with a pressure of 6 so I played with my gears and eventually got a new mask with a pressure of 8. After staying with those for a week and I felt great! I was so relaxed in the morning after I woke up!

I knew my “device” was not a “Medical” device, so I went to my doctor with it and my sleep reports on the App. After the doctor verified all the data from the device through her medical equipment, she told me that this is amazing! I felt relieved. I could definitely use it for self-monitoring in home to help improve my sleep quality and track my CPAP’s effectiveness.

A couple of months later, my sleep lab study verified officially by all these numbers that I got from the monitor. It proved to be valuable as it dramatically improved the effectiveness of my sleeping pattern. A reliable and accurate device one can count on which worked out well for me to have started working with it early on.

However, my соnсеrn is tо hеlр mіllіоnѕ оf реорlе like myself with sleep apnea, sleep dіѕоrdеrs, snoring in the USA, Cаnаdа аnd аrоund the globe bу brіngіng соnvеnіеnсе tо their ѕlеер monitoring and management. I decided to build a new business the “Lookee® Tech”

And after more than a year of hard work and with a phenomenal tеаm of еxреrіеnсеd developers, engіnееrѕ wіth еxtеnѕіvе knоwlеdgе оf hеаlthсаrе аnd mаrkеtеrѕ. We have mаdе remarkable progress іn рrоvіdіng a sleeping solution and launched our first self-healthcare monitor: Lookee® Sleep Monitor. Besides the sleep monitoring of your blood oxygen saturation level, heart rate and movement that it does, we even invented some new features. These include the Vibrating Alarm and the soft silicone Finger Ring Sensor that we got patented.

The creative Vibrating Alarm will slightly wake you up to change your sleep position to breathe well when your oxygen saturation level drops below the threshold you preset. This helps avoid sleeping on an unhealthy low oxygen level and helps you live a healthier life.

The soft silicone Finger Ring Sensor on the other hand can be used in any finger you prefer offering a comfortable sleep for each night of monitoring. It will free your finger from those constrained clips of fingertip oximeters that are currently on the market.

So the Lookee Sleep Monitor has been on the market for 4 months, and has been welcomed and appreciated by thousands of happy users in US and Canada. We received average customer reviews of 4.2 on amazon.com and 4.4 on amazon.ca. A lot of users left us 5 stars rating and long reviews to tell their stories. So I encourage you to read them. We were truly touched when a lot of customers told us of their story and of those other customers saying that this device “saved” their lives!

We were encouraged when we found out that many of our buyers are physicians or from the healthcare industry. Even though this product is a general wellness item and not a medical device for professional use. Actually, one ICU nurse told others on Amazon that she trusted the accuracy of our device without a doubt.

We will keep working hard. More new products will be launched in the near future. Such as sleep monitors, personal healthcare monitors and fitness products. In Lookee® Tech, where Health meets Technology, we really want to help more people like myself! Thank you for your time to read my story. We are eager to hear your stories too!