The smart snoring instrument that has been blown into the sky, is it still a good thing?

Release date: 2016-04-29

Sleep occupies one-third of the life of a person. However, the existence of "Hua Wa" makes the pillow-side people unable to enjoy a good night's dream. At present, there are many varieties of intelligent snoring instruments on the market, all of which claim to have a good stagnation effect. However, can they really solve the problem of thunderousness of users?

In the last part, the main introduction is the anti-smashing ring that is very hot on a crowdfunding.

A serious question: The beloved person is snoring around, do you want to call Ta?

Sleep is so important to us that if you hear people who are sleeping around snoring, you will be caught in the entanglement of the above problems.

When a person is sleeping, the muscles of the upper throat will relax, the airway will become narrow, and the breathing will not be smooth, forming a snoring sound. The seriousness of the war problem far exceeds our imagination. According to incomplete statistics, 70% of the population suffer from snoring.

It is one thing to disturb people's dreams. 5% of patients with snoring are accompanied by apnea during sleep. It will cause hormonal dysfunction in the body for a long time, causing hypoxia in the brain, which may cause sudden death at night.

In fact, if you are uncomfortable, the easiest way to do this is to wake up the other person directly—after all, just as you can't wake up a sleepy person, you can't make a awake person fight.

Therefore, the use of the source of the snoring instrument can be understood as allowing the user (in the early stage of the snoring) to stop snoring without affecting the surrounding person. In theory, a complete stagnation process is like this:

The user avatars - the system detects hum - the device works - the user receives feedback - stops snoring.

In addition to drugs, surgery and other therapies, the more common is the treatment of physical methods. At present, there are many smart stop devices that have entered the public eye.

Throughout the market, in addition to medical grade CPAP ventilators, snoring devices can be classified as wearable and non-wearable:

Non-wearable: Through the automatic adjustment of the head and pillow, the pillow core type, many on the crowdfunding platform, such as Nora intelligent snoring device, Dapu intelligent squat pillow.

The principle of non-wearable use is relatively simple, mainly divided into the following steps:

"Detecting whether the user is snoring or not - inflating the pillow - adjusting the position of the user's head - the user stops snoring", the main technical difficulty lies in judging the snoring, and will not be described here.

There are three main types of wearable physical therapy:

"Based on the principle of nervous system and acupressure", the ring-type snoring device that oppresses the ulnar nerve;

"Using acupressure therapy", a wrist-type electronic biological snoring device that outputs an electric pulse wave;

An ear-worn snoring device that emits sound and vibration.

However, wearable snoring products are awesome, are they really effective?

N kinds of high-tech blessing rings, the effect is...

On a crowdfunding website, the reporter saw a stop ring. According to the website, their products have raised 560,000 yuan and have been shipped last year.

Its working principle is written like this (obsessive-compulsive disorder found the typo, which is very uncomfortable, specially hit once):

"Based on the principle of the human nervous system and acupressure, the ring uses two small acupoint stimulators to precisely position the nerve points under the left hand little finger, fully stimulate the ulnar nerve and connect it to the central and vagus nerves. Connecting to the respiratory system allows you to reduce or eliminate snoring."

“In 2014, the newly improved ring, after adding the 3D magnetic therapy circulatory system, added an average of 1 hour of deep sleep per night, which made the quality of sleep improve and improved again. 90% of people think that it is very effective after using the ring.”

The reporter learned that this ring does not contain a sensor. "It is a specific position at the end of the little finger to stop the snoring or relieve the snoring effect," one of the partners said in an interview.

Because this ring is selling the "points and nerves", the reporter specifically consulted the partner, the other said:

"The vein points of traditional Chinese medicine are related to the nerves of Western medicine, but there are also differences. The main connection is that some nerves are almost in the same direction as the veins, and some neurons or nerve endings in the nervous system pass through the acupoints.

So stimulating a certain point will stimulate the meridian points and the nervous system at the same time. There is a raised point on the inside of the stop ring, pressing the ulnar nerve at the end of the little finger, and the ulnar nerve is linked to the respiratory system, allowing you to reduce or eliminate the trouble caused by snoring. ”

The reporter checked the connection between the ulnar nerve and the respiratory system on the Internet and did not find the principle.

When the reporter asked several Chinese medicine researchers, they all said that "this is amazing." "If there is a connection, it should be very indirect and indirect."

To address this issue, the partner first let reporters check it yourself, the "most useful information, you need to Google, Baidu basically nothing role, but also blocked many websites."

Then told reporters that he was not quite understand, ask them to explain in simple language, he had this to say:

"During the day is not snoring, because your throat muscles receive information during the day, the ulnar nerve is one of the role is to control this, so let's ulnar nerve is a signal to the respiratory tract during the day, it will not snoring. ”

As for the introduction of the principle of "3D magnetic loop", the other said:

"The 3D magnetic therapy cycle uses natural magnets, which have a calming effect on the central nervous system. The four magnet points on the inner side of the ring produce a small magnetic field acting on the ulnar nerve at the end of the finger to achieve the stagnation assist effect."

Regarding the effect of stopping the shackles, the reporter asked if there is relevant data support. The other party’s original words are like this:

"Because this country has not yet certification bodies, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) certification of a snoring ring principle is safe and effective, long-term wear and will not cause any side effects on the human body."

"We have also asked the relevant departments, there is no department to manage this, so there is no way to provide a stop-effect test report, only the test report of magnets and materials."

The reporter then found a shackle ring that was “FDA-approved” by the other party. The ring was indeed claimed on the official website, but the product was not found on the FDA official website.

Later, the reporter reviewed another anti-smashing ring with the same principle as “the simultaneous effect of the principle of finger pressure and magnetic field”. In one review, it was shown that it did not receive FDA certification. Author Robert Bates wrote:

“This device works by the principle of finger pressure and magnetic field. However, at present, I have not seen any substantial evidence. I have seen many products that use acupuncture points as a selling point, and no one has left me deeply. The impression... The role of magnets in the human body is equally controversial. As far as I know, its effects lack evidence."

With the "connection between the ulnar nerve and the respiratory system" and the "natural magnet" blessing, the propaganda copy said that "90% of people think that it is very effective after using the ring." Since there is no relevant data to prove that the quality of sleep can be improved, how does this number come from?

"90% is that we refer to foreign data, and the surrounding crowd test, sent hundreds of in 2012-2013, then return to the statistics, and make changes to the comfort according to the actual situation."

The other party said that the overall response of the customer was good, and some customers did not respond well. And for this, the partner said so.

"Every product has a manual. I think the first thing is to look at the manual. But unfortunately, some people don't look at the method of use, but they are used to keyboard voicing, which may be a habit of Taobao shopping."

"This is a mature principle. In principle, everyone's nervous system is almost the same. But snoring is also a complex respiratory phenomenon, caused by various reasons, so we generally call it 90% effective."

The reporter found on the crowdfunding website that there was a user message indicating that the effect of the product was not obvious, but the reason was attributed to the fact that they did not wear it well or that it was not used enough. There are also user messages indicating that they want to return, but no return service can be found.

The effect of using the product varies from person to person, which is understandable. However, after purchasing the product, there is always a psychological expectation that "the product is effective" and does not have a skeptical attitude to verify. So it is not difficult to explain why users even think that the product does not have any effect, it will be considered as their own problem.

In the next section, we mainly introduce the wrist electronic biological snoring device and the ear wear snoring instrument.

Electronic biological snoring device: "Screaming? Wake up and don't sleep!"

Product map of a brand of electronic biological snoring device on the website

In Baidu Encyclopedia, the introduction of electronic biological snoring device is very powerful:

"Electronic biological stagnation is a physical therapy. It uses biological pulse acupoint therapy to transmit the nasopharynx tissue through the nerve pulse of the wrist, effectively activate the septal nerve endings of the septum, and transfer the conduction, so that the nasal cavity is opened and the breathing is smooth. The original blocked airway is restored to the most comfortable breathing effect, no need to plug in or add anything else, only need to wear on the wrist every day when sleeping, can effectively alleviate the symptoms of snoring."

The reporter also consulted the customer service of a certain brand of sputum sputum, and the other party also gave a similar explanation: "We use the imitation bio-current superconducting meridian acupoint meridian fixed point impact, can stimulate the nerve, make the uvula sag muscle tension change, let The respiratory tract is smooth."

Although these explanations seem to have a fascinating feeling, the reporters of Lei Feng.com (searching for the "Lei Feng Network" public number) still feel some doubts. According to the introduction of the product and the introduction of the customer service, the principle of the product should be to stimulate the human body, so that the user can wake up from the sleep state, in order to play the role of "stopping".

So you said so much, isn't it wake me up with current?

Dr. Cao, who has more than ten years of research experience in the field of sleep medicine, directly pointed out that "electronic biological snoring device is a lie!"

According to the relevant introduction on the Internet and his own experience, he told Lei Feng that the principle of the product is this: when the user detects that the user's sleep is too loud (not necessarily a buzz), the user is given an electrical stimulus. . This stimulus does not directly affect the pharynx, but only causes the local skin to be stimulated and transmitted to the brain's center, which in turn awakens the user.

We all know that sleep is divided into REM (rapid eye movement sleep) and NREM sleep (sleep without rapid eye movement), which is divided into two types. If artificially using electrical stimulation to let the user move to sleep (change sleep state), that is, return to the micro-awakening state of pharyngeal muscle tension recovery, it will undoubtedly interfere with the normal sleep of the human body. This process is what we call sleep deprivation.

This is similar to, you obviously sleep well, have a sweet dream, and are dating the goddess in your heart. You are immersed in happiness, and there is a voice in the room... At this time, the snoring instrument on your wrist suddenly has a function. Although you are not really awake, you realize that your dream has been interrupted.

In order not to fight and force the brain to awaken, it is really worth the loss.

Even if the technology is reliable, the anti-smashing effect does not dare to pack tickets.

Lei Feng.com reporter saw Yunzhongfei’s intelligent stagnation instrument at the International Mobile Medical Health Industry Expo held in April. They used the “world’s first ear-wearing smart stagnation instrument” as a selling point, attracting many people. attention.

In response to the principle of the snoring instrument, the reporter interviewed Zhou Jiangbo, the e-commerce manager of Shenzhen Yunzhongfei Electronics Co., Ltd., the other party said:

“Our products can accurately identify the difference between snoring and other sounds. After identifying the snoring, the product will intervene through the sounds emitted by the earplugs (similar to “drops”) and vibrations (the sound and vibration levels total 54 levels, and can Adjust sensitivity and intervention intensity through software."

How is the snoring judged? According to the introduction of this patent on the website of the State Intellectual Property Office, the product will compare the actual generated hum and the experience value stored in the control circuit, and determine that the sound, vibration or electrode will not wake up the user after the click. Stimulate the signal to suppress snoring. And this vocal experience value is "by pre-recording and analyzing the user's snoring."

Although the sound or vibration of the product will not disturb the surrounding people, according to the other party's statement, will the product be like the electronic biological snoring instrument, forcing the user to wake up? Is this process equally damaging to the user's sleep quality?

Mr. Zhou showed the reporter a picture showing the company's product testing at the Southern Sleep Medicine Center in June 2015. The chart is very complicated and the data is quite a lot, but the reporter extracted two key values.

One is the AHI value, which refers to the apnea + hypopnea event index;

Hypoventilation means that the intensity (amplitude) of respiratory airflow during sleep is reduced by more than 50% from the baseline level, and blood oxygen saturation is reduced by more than or equal to 4% from the baseline level. If you sleep more than 30 times per night during sleep, or if the apnea hypopnea index (AHI) is greater than or equal to 5 times/hour, you can conclude that the other person has sleep apnea syndrome.

The other is the arousal index;

Refers to the process from the sleep state to the awake state, the EEG changes for 3-15 seconds of awakening, and then will go to sleep again, the number of course is as small as possible.

This report shows that both patients have a history of more than five years. Before wearing the snoring device, the AHI value exceeded 5, indicating that they all had sleep apnea syndrome, and the arousal index was also at a relatively high level. However, after wearing the snoring device, both the AHI value and the arousal index were reduced before being worn.

Despite this data, Zhou Jiangbo is still very cautious, because they can't guarantee that the effect of the product will work for everyone, they will still provide a 30-day invalid refund service.

“The products are functional, and the severity of each person’s snoring is different from that of the body, so the effect will be different.”

That is to say, even if it is technically feasible, and there are experiments to prove that the product does not affect the quality of sleep, the company still cannot guarantee the effect of the product.

Summary: Snoring as a common sleep phenomenon, using smart devices to stop sputum has also become a way to solve the problem. In the products that are not good or bad, users must be careful to choose, do not be confused by the seemingly high-profile propaganda copy and "smart". And we must also realize that smart devices are just an aid and cannot be completely used as a treatment. If the problem of snoring is serious enough to affect your study and life, it is best to go to the hospital for a polysomnography. If you find it is a sleep apnea syndrome, it is recommended to treat it.

Source: Lei Feng Net

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