SHUN GRAVES
For the co-founder of a company that seeks to help diagnose sleep disorders, Chris Fernandez doesn’t sleep very much.
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EnsoData‘s newest sleep apnea detection software works on a range of wearable devices with a particular sensor. The Madison-based startup does not produce the devices.
ENSODATA
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