Georgia Tech's Rakeb Tesfassellasie and her partners created a cervical cancer screening protype they hope makes women's health care more accessible and comfortable.

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While the CPAP machine is the most effective way to treat sleep apnea, some patients, like David Cotter, can’t tolerate the mask that users have to wear at night.

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CPAP machines, which provide pressurised air through a mask to the nose and throat, are the standard initial treatment for sleep apnoea but can be quite uncomfortable for patients.

But as Dr. Nunez explains, sleep apnea masks can be "unpopular", due to a reputation for discomfort (studies show many people quit using a CPAP machine within the first year of use).

A construction worker with sleep apnea participates as the first patient to use a CPAP machine during a groundbreaking experiment at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia in July 1980.

Fig. 1. Given (a) the scanned face model of a subject, we develop an optimization-based approach to design (b&c) a PAP mask cushion that fits the face model. (d) The designed mask cushion is ...

The FDA has granted de novo clearance to SoClean 3+, an over-the-counter bacterial reduction device for certain CPAP masks and hoses designed to be used after their recommended cleaning procedures ...