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We will deliver the latest report focusing on start-up companies that change the world.The 45th is to elucidate sleep with sleep detection technology and create new medical careCEO of ACCLEStars Co., Ltd.ofTadashi MiyaharaMr. Miss,Executive Officer Masayuki AsanoWe talked to Mr.
ACCELStars, a medical-friendly sleep tech company
Detecting, analyzing, and understanding sleep leads to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases. We are a company that develops and provides sleep detection services and wearable devices.
Originally, sleep is measured by brain waves.
In that case, it is difficult to measure, the cost is high, and the hurdle is very high. Could sleep disorders be detected more easily? That’s how our business started. It is a startup that started research in 2015 and started in 2020.
Executive Officer Masayuki Asano
The origin of the company name is taken from “ACCEL” of “acceleration = Accelerometer” of the acceleration sensor installed in the wearable device to measure whether it is sleeping or awake.
And I wanted to make it a company where “stars” gather among various occupations, so I put “Stars” and combined them into the company name.
■ “Special dialogue between founder/CTO Ueda and President Miyahara”
Japan’s economic loss due to sleep disorders is 15 trillion yen annually
It is said that “Japanese” are the least slept among countries with high GDP rankings.
Representative Director Tadashi Miyahara
According to our survey, there are 6 million people in Japan who are considered to have sleep apnea syndrome, but in fact only 500,000 people have been diagnosed with it.
In addition, it is known that there are about 20 million people in Japan who have some kind of sleep disorder.
that we providesleep compass” (https://www.accelstars.com/services/) consists of a device and software.
In order to use this device to measure sleep, understand symptoms, manage medications, and review lifestyle habits, we first want to make this device a digital biomarker for sleep.
We would like to use our sleep measurement technology in the same way that we usually detect diseases by taking blood samples or measuring brain waves.
Currently, it is not a medical device yet, but in the future, we will collect and analyze data, apply to a certification body, and proceed to be officially recognized as a medical device.
Sleep and lifestyle are closely related
Sleep is tied to your lifestyle. Sleep and body clocks are the specialized research fields of Professor Ueda, who is also our CTO.
By linking and analyzing sleep data with information on lifestyle habits, we believe that treatment can be achieved by changing lifestyle habits instead of administering medication.
Here are some representative examples of the relationship between lifestyle habits and sleep.
First is alcohol. Alcohol has the effect of falling asleep, but it also has the effect of awakening in the middle of the day. Therefore, drinking before going to bed (nightcap) is prohibited. If you inoculate the calories and amount properly and drink it at dinner, it is effective for sleep.
Also, Japanese people have a wonderful lifestyle, and that is “bathing”.
Bathing raises your body temperature and then lowers it, which promotes sleep.
Light is also important. We are ruled by the light of the sun. At the same time, light governs our body clock.
There are two types of body clocks: the central clock (brain) and the peripheral clock (whole body).
The central clock controls the brain, so there is a mechanism for waking up in the morning sun, eating breakfast, and working on the stomach and intestines.
So getting a certain amount of light is very important. Indeed, the morning sun is the source of our health.
Meal times are also important. The obliteration clock is related to diet. Staying up late wakes up your body, and eating late at night wakes you up, which is bad for sleep.
Of course, moderate exercise is important, and how you feel when you sleep at night is also important. If you practice mindfulness, you will find that the quality of your sleep changes depending on how you feel when you go to bed at night.
Currently, the method of measuring such lifestyle information is to first ask people to answer with a smartphone, and then measure it with the device.
Originally, we wanted to do this automatically and easily, so we aim to be able to measure everything with the blood oxygen sensor, pulse sensor, acceleration sensor, and optical sensor installed in the next-generation device.
Why is sleep necessary for humans? I think it is necessary to be able to explain by breaking down the elements.
It is not widely known that sleep affects various illnesses in everyday life, so we would like to elucidate it and deliver it.
“Sleep is something that is fundamentally programmed into the organism and has been preserved all this time.”
ACCLE Stars Inc.
Representative Director and CEO Tadashi Miyahara
https://www.accelstars.com/
https://sleep-compass.com/
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