Well Being Digital (WBD101) Completes Multiple Advanced Sleep Monitoring Trials with Second-by-Second Vital Tracking and Sleep Improvement Suggestions using in-ear sensing technology

(Hong Kong, China) - As populations age and lifestyles shift toward richer diets and reduced physical activity, muscle tone (especially in the upper airway) weakens. This has led to a rise in sleep time breathing obstructions, often signaled by increased snoring, particularly among men who consume alcohol and smoke. These obstructions reduce blood oxygen levels and cause the heart to work harder in repeated cycles, which over time may contribute to chronic conditions such as stroke, cardiovascular disease and dementia.

Maintaining steady and sufficient oxygen intake during sleep is essential to preserve high blood oxygen levels. While many smartwatches and rings claim to monitor sleep, they often fall short in offering actionable insights. Some devices, like rings, only measure SpO2 every 15 minutes, potentially missing critical low oxygen events in favor of battery conservation.

Well Being Digital (WBD101) believes earbuds are a more effective platform for sleep monitoring that can also provide sleep improvements suggestions. With advances in miniaturization, earbuds are now small and comfortable enough for overnight sleep use, pioneered by brands such as Anker, Bose, Ozlo, and Hera Leto. These earbuds can play music to induce sleep and enhance deep sleep through binaural beats, block ambient noise with passive noise cancellation, and with continuously monitoring of SpO2, heart rate, respiratory rate, and head position it can also suggest optimal sleeping postures. Additionally, built-in core body temperature sensing may support ovulation tracking for users trying to conceive, especially after a good night sleep.

WBD101 has partnered with three leading institutions to conduct research and public trials. In collaboration with a premier sports institute, the Hera Leto Zzzbuds (HLZ) from Actywell Digital were used to validate sensor accuracy and study athlete post-training recovery, providing coaches with data to optimize performance and tweak training routine and diets. In a public sector trial (PSTS) with CUHK, HLZ Zzzbuds with WBD101 sensing technology was tested against gold-standard Polysomnography (PSG). WBD101 also worked with Tsing Hua University to further enhance its sleep stage detection algorithms.

"Sleep-related breathing issues are often met with recommendations for surgery or CPAP, both costly and uncomfortable" said Kow Ping, Co-Founder and Executive Director of WBD101 https://www.linkedin.com/in/kowping/, "By identifying optimal sleep positions, we aim to enable earbuds to suggest different sleep positions (Positional Therapy) as a non-invasive alternative for those with milder symptoms. Research from Korea Konyang University College of Medicine has shown that Positional Therapy can be as effective as Positive Airway Pressure treatment".

Wallace Wong, Co-Founder and CTO of WBD101 https://www.linkedin.com/in/wallace-wong-4157531/, added, "We are grateful to the Innovation and Technology Fund of the HKSAR Government (PSTS) and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP) for their support leading to these trials. We also thank the premier sports institute for the opportunity to work with 160 elite athletes, and Tsing Hua University for helping us validate our sleep stage algorithm."

Associate Professor Yuntao WANG (Research Track), Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University commented "The use of sleeping earbuds to monitor sleep stages has many benefits, the sensing location is more stable than watches, adding of music can be helpful to sleep. We are glad to collaborate with WBD101 to enhance accuracy of sleep stage".

Perry Ko, Re-Founder of Actywell Digital (Brand: Hera Leto), stated, "We are proud to see HLZ, powered by WBD101's sensing technology, play a key role in these research trials. We welcome collaborations with institutions and enterprises aiming to implement sleep research or wellness programs using earbuds."

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About Well Being Digital (WBD101)

Founded in 2012, WBD101 is a Hong Kong based company whose first patents are dated back to 2008, incubated by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), it has offices in HKSTP and Shenzhen to provide very timely support to B2B customers during their product designs, testing and production stages. WBD101 provides Optical Designs and Vital Signs Sensing Algorithm to its earbuds customers. WBD101's technology has been licensed by several consumer earbuds brands and many others in the Fitness/HealthTech/MedTech space.

Over the years, WBD101 won numerous international awards including the Best Wearable Mobile Tech Awards at the Mobile World Congress 2016, Special & Gold Awards at the 43rd Geneva Inventions Conventions, 2016 WITSA Global ICT Award and the inaugural HK City I&T Grand Challenge Innovation Award in 2022. Visit http://www.wbd101.net

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About Tsinghua University https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/index.htm
About Actywell Digital Limited (Brand: Hera Leto) https://www.heraleto.com/about-us
Research Paper from Konyang University College of Medicine https://www.sleepmedres.org/m/journal/view.php?doi=10.17241/smr.2023.01837

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