If you need to wear the watch every night while sleeping, when do you charge it? Serious question.
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How Sleep Apnea Detection Works for Apple Watch Series 10, Series 9, and Apple Watch Ultra
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While you're in the shower. It doesn't take that long.
Looks like they submitted as class II device?
Post Approval, this will be considered as a medical data (?), i am curious to see how both Apple and FDA will treat third party apps that requests data from apple health (if). Will they be subjected to HIPAA Controls as patient identity is involved here?
Will FDA enforce same fair rules on apple in protecting patient? (recalls, thefts etc etc)
[These are rhetorical questions, I am curious to see how apple defines its framework in either collecting or restricting certain data].
I am also excited to see responsibility behind apple touting apple watch as a health device for years, and adding strong legitimacy behind it finally. it is a good start and can only open gates to other features, just looking at their list of FDA Submissions.
also interested to see if insurance companies will have a coverage/subsidize based on doctor's prescriptions.
Win win for users.
You can't be serious
While showering, sitting at your desk, watching TV, eating dinner. Just find a few minutes to take the watch off and charge it. Or if you can't, then buy a second watch.
Hehe. Mine is more of being aware of the watch while I’m trying to sleep. I better not be under house arrest.
But conspiracy theories sound more exciting and satisfying. Apple will have to get approvals for future models, that may limit what they can roll out every year. I guess we me start seeing color updates one year and features that need approvals every 2 years.
For 30-40 minutes in the evening before bedtime. Or throw it on the charger during dinner time. Or while you're in the shower/getting dressed in the morning. It's not an all-day/all-night procedure to charge a watch.
I'm not sure how it works going forward, but safe to say they submitted for approval using the AW9 and UW2 as those were in production at the time. Future models may need approval if there are significant design changes.
This should be an all Apple Watch feature. I wear the Apple Watch Ultra to bed but.. To be honest I started to get a rash no matter which band I wore. I live on a farm and deal with hay and the sorts so by wearing it at night and being that I always over heat I found it best to give my wrist a break. To be honest ... Apple should have surprised us and broke the patent or bought the Oura ring as that feels more comfortable. So .. I wear the watch every so often to bed..
AFAIK existing over the counter sleep apnea devices include a wrist mounted device (much larger than a watch), a fingertip blood oxygen sensor, and a chest sensor - not fun to sleep with. if Apple can pull this off with just the watch that would be pretty incredible.
I found it very strange that Apple did a whole workaround not to use the blood oxygen monitor to detect sleep apneas, after all it is available everywhere except the US. I am curious if sleep apnea works with help of that sensor outside the US.
If you have the Sleep function enabled (gives you bedtime and a wake up alarm) the watch will prompt you to "charge before going to bed" once you get below a certain battery %... As long as you are chasing on a decent power brick (USB-C) it will give you a full charge in a fair amount of time.
So basically, plan to charge an hour or so BEFORE you normally lay down every other day. (That's what works for me anyway)
It is most likely to avoid a patent infringement. I'm no expert, I'd be surprised if they aren't using the O2 sensor at all in this. Maybe just listing it as a subsequent item/process and not the primary? To make it just different enough.
Considering all they did was add a color to the AWU2 and Apple said it would, yes.
You can get it, sort of, with accessability, I used it until I bought my AWU2; but yea, I'm wondering what teh technological issue is with the AWU1.
They aren't getting approval, just clearance.
Well, Apple isn't making medical devices but a consumer device that can measure trends and use it to notify someone of a potential problem. The ECG isn't going to be used by a cardiologist for a diagnosis but if it deters AFIB you might want to go to one to see what's up. Same with some of the exercise analysis. Think trends, not diagnostic accuracy.
Marketing clearance? So would it make sense to get clearance for older products that are no longer being marketed?
Also I think the FDA calls it "marking approval." EDIT I see it will probably be a 510(k) premarket notification clearance for the device. "Specifically, medical device manufacturers are required to submit a premarket notification if they intend to introduce a device into commercial distribution for the first time or reintroduce a device that will be significantly changed or modified to the extent that its safety or effectiveness could be affected. Such change or modification could relate to the design, material, chemical composition, energy source, manufacturing process, or indications for use."
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Apple is reaching for reasons to get users to upgrade on this product, lose Blood O, toss in sleep apnea.
As a Class II device it is just cleared, not approved; only Class III are approved.
Rather just change the doctor and go to someone who’s not so flippant about it.
The biggest issue is my insurance. Because that stupid stay home test said I didn't have it insurance won't cover a lab study. I worded it badly above I should have said insurance vs doctors office.
Not every Apple customer lives in the US. I would assume Apple would use SpO2 as well as motion (and possibly using the sounds people make) outside the US.