Health & Wellness Professionals

Zeo Inc. has introduced a new educational tool and motivational program for the consumer marketplace, the Zeo™ Personal Sleep Coach. Zeo helps people understand how they are sleeping and reveals habits and behaviors that may be helping or hindering their sleep, so they can learn new ways to get a better night’s rest. The Zeo Personal Sleep Coach is neither a medical device nor a medical program and is not intended for the diagnosis or treatment of sleep disorders. If consumers suspect that they have a sleep disorder, they will be advised to consult their physician.

Zeo is dedicated to developing products with the utmost of scientific integrity, and we have a prestigious Scientific Advisory Board to guide us.

Scientific Advisory Board

Zeo’s Scientific Advisory Board includes thought leaders from sleep medicine, sleep science, and behavioral psychology. The Board actively guides and advises Zeo and enthusiastically shares our mission to better educate consumers about the critical importance of a better night’s sleep.

• Chair: Kenneth P. Wright Jr., PhD Director, Sleep and Chronobiology Lab
  University of Colorado, Boulder
• Daniel Aeschbach, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine
  Harvard Medical School
• Michael J. Breus, PhD “The Sleep Doctor,” author, WebMD® sleep expert and AOL® wellness coach
• Charles A. Czeisler, PhD, MD Director, Division of Sleep Medicine
  Harvard Medical School
• Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology and Physiology
  Director, Sleep Disorders Center
  Northwestern University Medical School
• John W. Winkelman, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
  Harvard Medical School
  Medical Director, Sleep Health Center
  Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Validations

Zeo’s SoftWave technology has been validated in two scientifically controlled studies by comparing it with full in-lab polysomnography, which experts consider to be the gold-standard for measuring sleep.

The aim of these IRB-approved studies was to demonstrate that the sleep information displayed by Zeo is correct and appropriate for use in the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach Program. Each record was scored by two experts (PSG1 and PSG2). In one study SoftWave was also compared with actigraphy, a technology that is sometimes used to conduct sleep research in the home. Results were published in abstract supplements of the journal Sleep^1,3,4,5 and an abstract supplement of the Journal of Sleep Research², and were presented at the 22nd and 23rd Annual Meetings of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies 2008 and 2009, and the 19th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society in 2008.

Download scientific presentations here:

• Evaluation of a Portable, Dry Sensor-Based Automatic Sleep Monitoring System [PDF] SoftWave agreement with each of the two experts at any instant in time was similar to agreement the agreement between the two experts.
• Assessment of Dry Headband Technology for
  Automatic Sleep Monitoring [PDF] Sleep summary measures were consistent between SoftWave and each of the two experts.
  
  
  
• Performance of a Wireless Dry Sensor System in Automatically Monitoring Sleep and Wakefulness [PDF] The SoftWave technology was able to differentiate sleep and wake at least as well as actigraphy and comparably to the two experts.
• Evaluation of Portable Monitor
  for Sleep Staging [PDF] Sleep summary measures were consistent between Softwave, actigraphy, and the two experts.

Additional References:

1. Wright K, Johnstone J, Fabregas SE, Shambroom JR. Evaluation of a portable dry sensor-based automatic sleep monitoring system. Sleep. 2008;31 (Suppl.):A337. Abstract 1023.
2. Wright K, Johnstone J, Fabregas SE, Shambroom JR. Assessment of a wireless dry headband technology for automatic sleep monitoring. Journal of Sleep Research. 2008;17 Suppl. 1:230. Abstract P428.
3. Fabregas SE, Johnstone J, Shambroom JR. Performance of a wireless dry sensor system in automatically monitoring sleep and wakefulness. Sleep. 2009;32 (Suppl.):A388. Abstract 1189.
4. Shambroom JR, Johnstone J, Fabregas SE. Evaluation of a portable monitor for staging sleep. Sleep. 2009;32 (Suppl.):A386. Abstract 1182.
5. Blake SK, Pittman SD, MacDonald MM, et al. Assessment of a wireless dry sensor to detect sleep in healthy volunteers and subjects with sleep disorders. Sleep. 2009;32 (Suppl.):A370. Abstract 1132.

Zeo Home Use Test

Prior to launching Zeo we conducted a test of home users of the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach. While this study did not include a scientific control group, Zeo users reported significant improvements in the quality of their sleep and better functioning in the daytime.
Download the full report [PDF]

Our Pledge to You

We pledge to the health and wellness professionals that we will continuously:

• Ensure that our sleep phasing technology is scientifically validated.
• Base our personal sleep coaching program and techniques upon well-studied practices within sleep science and behavioral psychology, adapted for the consumer marketplace.
• Identify and support promising sleep research initiatives to cultivate discoveries within sleep science.
• Rigorously review our personal sleep program and sleep coaching practices with our Scientific Advisory Board and other respected members of the sleep science community.
• Pursue our passionate commitment to educating and enlightening consumers, first in the U.S., and then around the world, about the importance of getting a better night’s sleep.

The Zeo Sleep Research Center is located in Newton, Massachusetts.