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Volume 3 | Issue 3 | July-September 2018
sleep data into light sleep, deep sleep
and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep.
The device also records your heart-rate
while you are in bed. In the morning
Health Mate syncs all your night’s data,
giving you a sleep score measured out
of 100. The Health Mate software also
features the Sleep Smarter program
which is an 8-week coaching program
which takes your long-term sleep data
and provides feedback as to how to
improve your sleep quality over this
period. Thus, Nokia Sleep is a sleep
monitor under the mattress. However,
it can turn off the lights and lower the
temperature in the room for you to fall
asleep easier apart from performing all
the tasks of a good sleep monitor: tracks
sleep patterns, sleep duration or the
quality of your bedtime.
ecently Nokia unveiled their first
standalone sleep tracking device
which is a “Sleep Sensing & Home
Automation Pad” named ‘Nokia Sleep’.
This pad is placed underneath your
mattress and features advanced sleep
tracking as well as integrated home
automation features. The Nokia Sleep
sensor is designed for people who want
to learn how to sleep better, but don’t
want to be bothered with strapping on
a wearable like a Fitbit to their wrist.
The sensor slips underneath your
mattress and using a technique known
as ballistocardiography, monitors your
breathing, movement and heart-rate,
and translates this into your data about your sleep. The sensor is wifi-enabled
which connects directly to the Nokia
Health Mate App. The product can
also detect snoring. The Nokia Sleep
pad is designed to give a frictionless
sleep-tracking experience. Once you’ve
placed the sensor under your mattress
and connected it to the mains and your
wifi, it’s a case of ‘set and forget’. Sleep
tracking is automatically detected
when you get in and out of bed because
it syncs with the Health Mate cloud
platform and it doesn’t have to rely on
you fiddling with your phone before
bedtime. The sensor is also very user-
friendly and is covered in a metal grey
fabric with a single cable attached which
terminates in a USB plug that is used to
power the device 24/7. The sensor also
claims to be able to break down your
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The YO Clip (a mini-microscope)
is supplied in the kit with all the
supplies required to run two tests
on your Smartphone. The app is
easy to follow and takes the user
through step-by-step interactive
screens
and
instructional
animations to insure a smooth, easy-
to-understand and secure testing
experience with accurate results.
There is also humor built into the
Sperm Trivia Challenge, which is
designed to interact with the user
during the sample preparation wait
time. The Test results are reported
within minutes along with a video
of the sperm. This provides both
instant test results requiring no
interpretation and a “wow” factor
when the tester sees his sperm
in action. YO test is critical for
indicating male fertility potential
and with the results already in
hand, any male can walk into a
Doctor’s clinic with reduced stress
of facing additional testing and can
sign up for further treatment. The
Test kit is sold online through the
YO website www.yospermtest.com
or through Amazon for about INR
1990. It is delivered in a plain box for
confidentiality.
their home. The cause of infertility
is equally shared by men and
women. Approximately 40% of the
problem is a female factor and 40%
a male factor with the remaining
20% unexplained or a combined
problem between the man and the
woman. Yet, many times, the initial
focus of a fertility assessment is on
the woman and the man may not
be tested until a full female work-
up and treatment is unsuccessful,
which could take a year or more.
This delay in testing the male side
of an infertile couple, plus the
fact that couples are postponing
having children until their 30’s
places the couple at greater risk of
being childless and substantially
increases their anxiety about
conceiving. YO test is both an
accurate and private home test that
provides a precise assessment of
moving sperm concentration (MSC).
Testing moving sperm is critical in
a home test because, with a clear
video to back it up, the results allow
the man to approach the doctor
with clear evidence of a problem.
The simple, step-by-step app can
be downloaded free of charge
from Google Play or the App Store.
ndia is experiencing a decline in
fertility due to many reasons like
adverse lifestyle habits, pollution,
delayed conception and so on.
There is a growing awareness that
men’s reproductive health issues
also contribute to infertility. Also,
the doctors here believe that there
is a profound need for a device
like YO in India which can be made
available to as many couples as
possible to make their journey to
parenthood a reality. So, to address
the problem of male testing and
to eliminate the stressful public
nature of male sperm analysis,
Medical Electronic Systems (MES),
a Los Angeles based technology
company developed the YO Home
Sperm Test Kit and recently
launched it in India which is first
of its kind video-based smartphone
platform that is FDA approved. The
device is used to determine motile
sperm concentration (the number
of moving sperm) which is a critical
factor in determining male fertility.
The device has 97% accuracy and
provides consumers the ability to
both view and measure the number
of motile sperm in their sample on
their phone and from the comfort of
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