Press Releases

May 23, 2019, Pasadena, U.S. – Sommetrics today announced that they have been named as one of the winners of Red Herring’s 2019 Top 100 North America, recognizing the continent’s most exciting and innovative private technology companies. The winners, celebrated at a special awards ceremony at the Westin Pasadena hotel, have been chosen from thousands of entrants, whittled down to hundreds making the trip to California. The ceremony, led by Red Herring chairman Alex Vieux, was preceded by two days of keynote speeches, discussions and finalist presentations.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — May 14, 2019 — Sommetrics, a company providing products and services to improve sleep quality, today announced it has been selected to be one of five companies to present at the airways symposium of the Respiratory Innovation Summit in Dallas on May 17, 2019. This Summit is a yearly event held in advance of the American Thoracic Society’s International meeting which brings together clinicians, innovators and investors focused on new approaches for treating widespread and crippling lung and airway diseases.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — May 7, 2019 — Sommetrics, a company dedicated to developing state-of-the-art products to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), today announced it has been selected to participate in the annual Red Herring Top 100 competition in Los Angeles on May 15, 2019. Sommetrics was selected based on a rigorous vetting process which evaluates a number of factors that identify companies with fast growth potential in large, established markets.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — JUNE 12, 2018 — Sommetrics, a company providing products and services to improve sleep quality, today announced it has added industry leader David Schlotterbeck to its advisory board. The company recently received Health Canada approval for its sleep apnea therapy system, aerSleepTM, allowing it to be marketed in Canada.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — May 30, 2018 — Sommetrics, a company providing products and services to improve sleep quality, today announced that renowned sleep expert Jerrold Kram, M.D., FCCP, FAASM, will be discussing the company’s new sleep apnea treatment, aerSleepTM, during SLEEP 2018, the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Baltimore, Maryland.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — November 30, 2017 — Sommetrics, a company providing products and services to improve sleep quality, today announced the addition of Raymond Huggenberger to its board of directors and Randall Whitfield to its advisory board. Earlier this month, the company announced its partnership with AvantSleep in Canada to distribute aerSleep Sommetrics’ sleep apnea therapy system. Sommetrics also recently engaged Key West Investments to help raise additional capital to support the development and commercialization of products and services to treat disorders of the upper airway, such as obstructive sleep apnea and snoring.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — November 7, 2017 — Sommetrics, a company providing products and services to improve sleep quality, today announced its partnership with AvantSleep to distribute the Sommetrics sleep apnea therapy system, aerSleep™, to Canadians diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). AvantSleep will distribute aerSleep™ in select Canadian markets, followed by a full Canadian launch in 2018.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — October 24, 2017 — Sommetrics, a company providing products and services to improve sleep quality, today announced that it has engaged Key West Investments to help raise additional capital. This capital will support the company’s development and commercialization of products to treat disorders of the upper airway such as obstructive sleep apnea and chronic snoring.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — September 12, 2017 — Smiths Medical, a leading global medical device manufacturer, today announced a distribution partnership with Sommetrics, a company that develops products and services to treat airway problems that arise during medical procedures and during sleep. As part of the partnership, Smiths Medical will distribute Sommetrics’ new and innovative aerFree™ Airway Management System (AMS), the first FDA-cleared external negative pressure aid that maintains a patent upper airway during mild to moderate sedation.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — July 18, 2017 — Sommetrics, a company providing products and services to improve sleep quality, today announced the addition of Wally McCloskey to its board of directors and the appointment of Corbet “Cory” Lancaster as senior vice president of finance. Both seasoned executives bring with them unique skillsets and creative initiatives to aid in accelerating Sommetrics’ growth as a leader in the sleep quality space.