Am I suitable?

Prerequisites for OSA therapy with the upper airway stimulation:

• Patients must be suffering from moderate to severe sleep apnoea. In a sleep medical examination in the sleep laboratory, the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is determined as part of the diagnosis and the ‘apnoea-hypopnoea index’ (AHI) is calculated. For this purpose, the number of apnoeas (breathing pauses) and hypopnoeas (periods with reduced respiratory flow) per hour of sleep are recorded in the sleep laboratory. To be suitable for therapy with the upper airway stimulation, the apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) must be in the range of 15 to 65 breathing stops per hour.
• CPAP therapy is proving unsuccessful or has serious side effects.
• You must not be very overweight. People are considered to be severely overweight if they have a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 – i.e., for example, if they weigh more than 102 kg for a height of 170 cm. Even if you are above this limit, you can still benefit from this innovative treatment in the future after losing weight. Please speak to your doctor about this or contact the Inspire Medical Support Team.
• No severe neuromuscular diseases must be present.
• You must not be suffering from any other sleep diseases or sleep disorders such as narcolepsy.

Complete the suitability test to find out if you are suitable for Inspire therapy.