Dale Miller, JD - Inventor of Chin Up Strips for use with Cpap.
I have used Cpap with nasal pillows and a Chin-Up Strip since 1995.
dmiller176@aol.com
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30 Minute Presentation Outline:
Sleep Support Group - 30 Min. Presentation Outline for Attendees.
“Tolerating Cpap with Chin-Up Strips 17 years after my first sleep study.”
Dale Miller, J.D. - Simply Helping the World Sleep – www.chinupstrip.com
Dale Miller, Inc. - The Chin-Up Strip Company - Atlanta GA.
1-888-835-4563 - Fax: 678-298-9988 - dmiller176@aol.com
A. This is where I was in 1994.
1. Defense mechanisms: Fear of dying did not motivate me in the beginning.
2. “We can’t handle the truth.” A Few Good Men – Jack Nicholson.
B. Auto accidents motivated me to have a hospital sleep study.
1. Cpap therapy prescribed for me in 1994. I was 51 years of age.
2. Formed good relationship with Dr Honsotia at Marshfield Clinic in WI.
3. Dr. Honsotia asked me to look for and appreciate the small improvements.
C. Improvement in my daily life occurred the first week on Cpap.
1. Immediate improvements for me were not small. They were significant.
2. More energy, clear nasal passages, stopped snoring, happy spouse!
D. Then I had to deal with problems to maintain Cpap Therapy
1. Bridge of nose hurt from nasal mask pressure.
2. Dry mouth – still mouth breathing during sleep and oral venting.
3. Air leaks – pressure to high – waking up to whistling sounds.
4. Chin strap issues – teeth jammed together – sore jaw muscles
E. This is how I got here. Mouth breathing – Cpap Compliance.
1. Chin-Up Strip idea born and developed 1995. Second Sleep Study 12-21-1995.
2. Chin-Up Strip hospital patient sleep studies at Columbia Hospital in Lexington KY.
F. This is where I am now.
1. I believe in the power of support groups – Personal and Professional help free.
2. Invite a friend or relative to a sleep support A.W.A.K.E. meeting in your area.
3. Doctors can be heroes, but we must help them as they help us enjoy life.
4. People working in Sleep Medicine are my heroes! They make life better.
G. Accept the truth about your condition - Accept responsibility for your health
1. That includes requirement of restful sleep and compliance with prescribed therapy.
2. We can separate ourselves from past history of snoring, sleep apnea and sleepiness.
H. Closing Comment: We need Ideals to shape our life.
1. Direct your attention on what really counts. (People Like Us – Movie)
2. Ideals direct us to focus on what really counts.
3. Focus on the joy of being in the present on your journey through life.
Inventor Notice:
Use Chin-Up Strips to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea with
prescribed CPAP therapy or as prescribed by your doctor.
FDA NOTICE:
"Neither Breathe Right nasal strips nor Chin-Up Strips have been shown to be effective in treating sleep apnea, either alone or in combination."
Chin-Up Strip Inventor's Personal Story – www.chinupstrip.com
Simply Helping the World Sleep since 1999.
Developed for mouth breathers, snorers and CPAP users.
- Reduce loud mouth snoring the first night
- End dry mouth and oral venting with CPAP
- Safely limit mouth breathing comfortably
I did not sleep well for many years. I woke up congested and tired during the decade of
my 40's. My wife and children told me I snored loudly every time I fell asleep. Relatives
and friends joked about my snoring the same as we had joked about my Father's snoring before he died in his sleep in November 1983. I am sure my Father would have lived longer with today's advances in sleep medicine.
In the late 1980's I became involved, as a personal injury trial attorney, in two auto
accident cases where drivers fell asleep driving during the daytime! People died and
others were seriously injured. Those sad cases convinced me to schedule a sleep study
at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield WI in 1993.
I was 50 yeas old in 1993. My RN wife told me for years that I stop breathing during sleep. After my first hospital sleep study, Dr. Honsotia informed me that I am a nocturnal mouth breather suffering with a serious condition called sleep apnea. My respiratory disturbance index (RDI) was 22. I would stop breathing, for 10 seconds or longer, 22 times per hour.
Dr Honsotia prescribed Cpap therapy for me. Cpap (continuous positive airway pressure) machine significantly changed my life. I had more energy, but dry mouth was a problem.
During one of my follow up doctor visits, I asked if mouth breathing could be a cause of
my snoring and sleep apnea and dry mouth. Dr. Honsotia said: "I wish we had a tolerable cure for mouth breathing. That might help you."
After that doctor visit, my RN wife and I worked on coming up with a simple way to gently keep my mouth closed during sleep. We laughed about how difficult it may be to find a tolerable device to keep an attorney's mouth closed, even when sleeping.
On December 21, 1995 I returned to St. Joseph's Hospital for a second full night sleep
study using no device the first half of the night and using our original Chin-Up Strip the second half of the night. During visit with Dr. Honsotia after my second sleep study, he
indicated I snored and experienced numerous sleep apnea events during the first half
of the night.
The second half of the night, using the Chin-Up Strip, my snoring was reduced significantly and my RDI dropped to 5.
Dr Honsotia said: "Attorney Miller you need to get a patent on your Chin-Up Strip device as soon as possible! There are millions of people who would benefit from using your simple device to comfortably control mouth breathing."
We applied for Chin-Up Strip patents. Two patents were issued. In 1997 and 1998, patient sleep studies were conducted to "Evaluate the Chin-Up Strip" in a hospital sleep center in Lexington, KY under the direction of a University of KY sleep medicine doctor named Barbara Phillips, MD.
1997- 98 Sleep Study Data Published in CHEST
Cardio-Pulmonary & Critical Care Journal 10/98 p.383S
University of KY Medical College Columbia Hospital
Lexington, KY - Barbara Phillips, MD, FCCP, MS.
Conclusions - Clinical Implications
"We conclude that the Chin-Up Strip combined with Breathe Right nasal strip is an
effective alternative treatment for the primary snorer, as well as for mild OSA patients
who are not surgical candidates or cannot tolerate CPAP."
After the sleep study was published, we set up our website and attended sleep medicine conferences and Med Trade shows. We were lucky to have drugstore.com offer our
Chin-Up Strips on their online pharmacy since 1999. We have not had adequate
advertising capital to offer Chin-Up Strips in the big chain drug stores.
Dan Cohen, MD, the founder of CNS – The Breathe Right nasal strip Company – was very helpful in recommending where to manufacture and market our Chin-Up Strips. 3M Medical Specialties supplies medical grade tapes which are die cut into Chin-Up Strips. We offer 3 different shaped strips to satisfy our customers around the world.
Hospital sleep centers have been our best source of referral customers. I have been a speaker at hospital sleep support groups around the U.S. (A.W.A.K.E.) since 1999.
Since 1999, DKSH in Japan and British Snoring and Sleep Apnea Association have been ordering more than 200,000 strips per year in bulk 1000 count rolls. We also ship individual customer orders world wide from our website using stamps.com.
We simply help the world sleep with our non invasive FDA cleared device for mouth
breathing and oral venting with Cpap. FDA cleared Chin-Up Strips in 2004.
FDA cleared "Indications for Use" - 510(k)
1. Chin-Up Strips support the chin during sleep,
thereby promoting and enhancing nasal breathing,
by reducing mouth breathing and oral venting.
2. Chin-Up Strips promote and enhance nasal breathing
to help nasal strips reduce or eliminate snoring.
I have used Chin-Up Strips to limit my nocturnal mouth breathing since December 1995.
I was fortunate to learn that simply getting older was not the reason I had low energy
and daytime sleepiness during my late 40's. The primary cause of my condition was mouth breathing and sleep apnea which have been treated with Chin-Up Strips and Cpap since December 1995.
At the time of this update, November 2011, I continue to use my Cpap with nasal pillows
and Chin-Up Strips which control my mouth breathing. I am grateful to the experts in sleep medicine. They have allowed me to enjoy an active life. Virginia and I are married 47 years and we continue to share the same bed. I do not snore and I am not the grumpy old man I would have become without Cpap and Chin-Up Strips.
Dale D. Miller, JD – Inventor – Enjoy More Good Nights and Great Days.
dmiller176@aol.com
1. Click here Former Loud Snorers for customer quotes.
2. Click Cpap Users for Cpap and Chin-Up customer quotes.
Indications for Use - FDA.
1. Chin-Up Strips support the chin during sleep thereby promoting and enhancing nasal breathing by reducing mouth breathing and oral venting.
2. Chin-Up Strips support the chin during sleep,
thereby enhancing nasal breathing to help Breathe Right nasal strips reduce or eliminate snoring.
FDA NOTICE:
"Neither Breathe Right nasal strips nor Chin-Up Strips have been shown to be effective in treating sleep apnea, either alone or in combination."
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