RingConn Smart Ring (Gen 1, Gen 2 Air, Gen 2)

Summary RingConn rings include the Gen 1, Gen 2 Air, and Gen 2 varieties and are all non-medical, multisensor wearables for the proximal phalanx equipped with photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors, temperature sensors, and a 3-axis accelerometer. While all versions of the ring report 4-stage sleep [...]

2025-07-28T14:33:17-05:00July 28th, 2025|Sleep Technology Assessment|

Ultrahuman Ring AIR

Summary The Ultrahuman Ring AIR is a lightweight finger wearable that features several advanced sensors, including an infrared photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor, a non-contact medical-grade skin temperature sensor, a 6-axis motion sensor, and both red and green LEDs, along with infrared LEDs. It reportedly offers [...]

2025-03-24T14:25:08-05:00March 24th, 2025|Sleep Technology Assessment|

Pulsetto

Summary Pulsetto is a consumer (neck) vagus nerve stimulator purported to reduce stress and improve sleep quality. Pulsetto is a general wellness product (and thus does not require FDA evaluation). Its intended users are those with stress and sleep issues. After applying neck gel, [...]

2025-03-24T14:04:25-05:00March 24th, 2025|Sleep Technology Assessment|

Happy Rings

Summary The Happy Ring Health Monitoring System is an FDA cleared wearable device system for remote monitoring of physiologic parameters in patients and research participants aged 22 and older. It offers continuous data collection and monitoring of these physiologic variables: acceleration/movement, electrodermal activity (EDA), [...]

2025-03-24T14:16:41-05:00March 24th, 2025|Sleep Technology Assessment|

Soundly

Summary This free research app claims to provide upper airway muscle exercises, primarily genioglossus muscle, using a voice controlled smartphone game to decrease snoring. The user is directed to use certain vocalizations to move the object on the screen which is claimed to improve [...]

2025-07-28T14:35:43-05:00March 24th, 2025|Sleep Technology Assessment|

Garmin watches

Summary Garmin is a consumer wearable device with activity, ECG, heart rate, and pulse oximetry as the key parameters captured, which allow the monitoring of health metrics such as fitness, sleep, heart rhythm, and energy/calorie expenditure. The assessment uses accelerometry along with PPG changes [...]

2025-03-12T12:11:40-05:00March 2nd, 2025|Sleep Technology Assessment|

SomaSleep Mask

Summary SomaSleep mask is a lightweight eye mask that reportedly tracks and classifies eye movements, including rapid eye movements (REM). It reportedly does this with eyes open or closed and during sleep or while awake. While the website shows no sample reports, it claims [...]

2025-02-28T21:09:50-06:00February 28th, 2025|Sleep Technology Assessment|

FRENZ Brainband

Summary The FRENZ brainband is a wearable headband made of flexible fabric and conductive silicon electrodes that can allow for electrical conduction. The headband has embedded sensors that can measure EEG, EOG and EMG data, SpO2, head position, and heart and respiratory rates in [...]

2025-03-19T14:08:26-05:00February 28th, 2025|Sleep Technology Assessment|

Motionlogger Actigraph/SleepWatch 2.0

Summary Motionlogger Actigraphy watch is a wearable device used to measure physical activity and sleep patterns. It works by tracking the movement, temperature, and ambient light. These data can be analyzed to provide insights into sleep quality, activity levels, and circadian rhythms. The updated [...]

2025-03-12T12:13:51-05:00February 28th, 2025|Sleep Technology Assessment|

ActTrust and ActTrust 2

Summary ActTrust was FDA cleared (5/25/16) as “an ultra-compact, lightweight, wrist-worn activity, temperature and ambient light monitor that can be used to analyze circadian rhythms, automatically collect and store data for sleep parameters, and assess activity in any instance where quantifiable analysis of physical [...]

2025-03-19T14:20:12-05:00February 28th, 2025|Sleep Technology Assessment|
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