Imagine you cannot sleep at night as suddenly your airways are blocked. In the best case, you “just can’t sleep”, because you wake up repeatedly due to breathing pauses. In the worst case, you suffer serious side effects from sleep fragmentation, causing high blood pressure, heart diseases, and possibly worse outcomes. Sleep apnea is a chronic disease doing exactly this. Affected patients sleep with a machine and mask combo on their face as a first-line treatment, but this brings its own side effects and burden. Inspire Medical Systems developed an implanted solution, solving many issues. Could the stock be a SWAN (sleep-well-at-night) pick?
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