Signifier Medical and ZS collaborate to achieve market access for a sleep apnea therapy

Signifier Medical Technologies developed an innovative daytime therapy leveraging neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to treat an underlying root cause of sleep apnea. The medical technology company’s goal is to give patients an alternative to the currently available sleep apnea therapies that only mask symptoms (for example, CPAP machines, mouth guards or wedge pillows), as well as to potentially reach more patients who suffer from mild sleep apnea. Signifier Medical’s clinically validated therapy, eXciteOSA, is associated with increased tongue muscle endurance, which was found to improve mild obstructive sleep apnea, snoring and quality of sleep.