Sleep apnea is a problem for more than 18 million people in the U.S., according to the American Sleep Apnea Association. The most common form of treatment is to use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine while sleeping. These can be cumbersome and annoying, with face masks, hoses, and noisy air pumps. As many as half of all CPAP users stop using it within the first year.
Airing is a company that may have a better way. They have designed a small, battery-powered device that fits in your nose without the need for any wires or hoses. The device is also intended to be a single-use product; wear it for one night, and then send it back for recycling and reuse. The battery is designed to run for at least eight hours. The company is targeting a unit price of $3, so the cost for a year would be about $1,000. The device is made possible by micro-fans, which are micro-electromechanical devices that were initially designed to blow cooling air across computer chips. By using an array of these tiny devices, the Airing can pump enough air at sufficient pressure.
The company has used an Indiegogo campaign to raise development funding, and supporters gave more than eight times the target amount; the project has raised close to $1 million. The final product is not expected to ship until 2017, which includes time to obtain FDA approval. So we won’t see this new product right away, but if Airing is successful, it could provide better treatment for patients with sleep apnea.
4/22/2019 UPDATE: According to the company website, the product is still not shipping. There appear to be knock-offs or scam offerings posted for sale on some websites, but I would be very cautious about ordering from them. Airing does not appear to have posted anything on their website or Facebook page since October 2018, so it’s possible that the company may not still be operating. We have not attempted to contact the company, but recommend that you do so directly if you want more information about this product.
This would be a miracle..
We’re I can bay the little airing in Western Australia
Apparently, the company has raised nearly US$3 million, but has not yet produced a prototype. It looks as though they are most active on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/airingCPAP/posts/?ref=page_internal. I encourage you to check there for updates.
All the best,
Alfred Poor
Editor, Health Tech Insider
Where I can buy this from in va USA
Unfortunately, it appears that Airing still has not started shipping products. I recommend that you contact the company directly to find out the latest information about their product and when it might become available.
All the best,
Alfred Poor
Editor
where can this be bought?
Linda, if you read the other comments on this post, you’ll find that the product apparently has never been made available for sale. There are MANY imitators that do not appear to have much effect, if any, so I would caution you about buying anything that looks like this. The Airing website mentioned in the article continues to state “The Airing micro-CPAP device is currently in development and not yet available.” The last blog entry on the site was posted on September 4, 2020. I don’t have any information other than that.
Alfred Poor, Editor
Health Tech Insider
I would love this one
I’m a mouth breather. I’ve tried nasal pillows but no luck. Hopefully this company is also working on a full face”blower” device, hopefully I would love it!
Hi,
This Airing piece available in Market now.
Thanks
Ganesh
Ganesh, I looked into this a little, and while I saw lots of products for sale, I don’t think any of them use the Airing technology. The low-cost items use small fans — or no fans — instead of the matrix of solid state devices in the Airing design. It appears that Airing is still developing the technology, but has not yet come to market with it. I think what you see offered for sale are knock-offs and imitators.
All the best,
Alfred Poor, Editor
Health Tech Insider
Where can i buy airing nose plugs ?? Urgent
As far as I know, this product has not yet come to market. You can find lots of knock-off look-alike products that are not the same technology at all, and I can’t recommend buying any of them.
If your concern is more comfortable and less-intrusive devices for positive air pressure when sleeping, I encourage you to look at some of the latest offerings from Philips. Their DreamWear CPAP devices are far more comfortable than some traditional designs. (I’m a former CPAP user myself, so I have first-hand experience with uncomfortable headgear.)
Alfred Poor
Editor
please update me when it comes to market
Note that the original article is nearly five years old. I do not have any current information about when this product might ship, and I can’t guarantee that we will cover it when it does. Your best approach is to contact the company directly for more information.
Alfred Poor
Editor
where can one perches the little airing breathing apratuse
you dont stated where to it will help one and meany others one knows
like one stated where can you perches this little airing
if one has knowlage i would perchest please let one know
you placed it on the internet but thats all
thank you please get back to one
George, this article is from nearly five years ago. As far as I know, it has not come to market. The link in the article to the website still works, and has this statement at the top of the home page:
Note that there are a lot of look-alike products on the Internet, but from what I have been able to determine, none of them use the same micro technology as the Airing design. The knock-offs appear to just have tiny fans which probably are not effective.
I will add that the mainstream CPAP machines have become much better in recent years, both the machines and the headgear. I’d encourage you to see what’s available from Philips and ResMed.
All the best,
Alfred Poor, Editor
Health Tech Insider
Has this Cpap gone on sale yet, I am so looking forward to trying it. I have come to the state where I almost gag just thinking about my old cpap machine. Please let me know if they are available. I would be willing to use one as a trial if that is possible
Joy Crudgington
Joy, this article is from nearly five years ago. As far as I know, it has not come to market. The link in the article to the website still works, and has this statement at the top of the home page:
Note that there are a lot of look-alike products on the Internet, but from what I have been able to determine, none of them use the same micro technology as the Airing design. The knock-offs appear to just have tiny fans which probably are not effective.
I will add that the mainstream CPAP machines have become much better in recent years, both the machines and the headgear. I’d encourage you to see what’s available from Philips and ResMed.
All the best,
Alfred Poor, Editor
Health Tech Insider