POTS and Sleep: What the Research Says
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is an autonomic-nervous-system condition that affects an estimated 1–3 million people in the U.S. Researchers continue to explore how factors like sleep quality and body position may relate to daytime symptom patterns. This page is an educational overview — not a product pitch, not medical advice.
Komori is a general wellness device in development. It is not a POTS product, not FDA-cleared, and not intended to diagnose, treat, prevent, or cure any condition. If you suspect POTS, please see a clinician — typically a cardiologist or autonomic-medicine specialist.
How Komori Works
Sleep Comfortably
No wearables to irritate sensitive skin or disrupt sleep. The contactless sensor works through blankets above your bed.
Record Position & Movement
Komori is designed to record body position, movement patterns, and bedroom environment (ambient temperature, humidity) overnight. No charging, no remembering to wear anything.
Review Your Own Data
Komori is designed so you can export your own data and, if you choose, share it with your healthcare provider. Komori is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition.
What You'll Discover
Position & Restlessness Patterns
Komori is designed to record sleep position and movement patterns over the course of a night. Personal patterns may be worth discussing with your healthcare provider.
Sleep Efficiency Overview
Komori is designed to surface metrics like time in bed and wake events for personal review.
Movement Awareness
Komori is designed to track movement awareness through the night. The device does not detect, diagnose, or treat any condition.
Bedroom Environment
Komori is designed to record ambient temperature and humidity trends in the bedroom for personal review.
Exportable Personal Data
Komori is designed so you can export your own data and share it with your healthcare provider if you choose to.
Personal Journal
Komori is designed to let you keep an optional journal alongside overnight position and environment data for personal review.
A Brief Overview of POTS
POTS sits within a broader family of autonomic-nervous-system conditions. The information below is educational and is not a substitute for evaluation by a clinician.
Sleep position is one of several factors researchers have examined when looking at how the autonomic nervous system behaves overnight. Findings vary across studies and across individuals — what a person experiences personally is best understood with the help of a qualified clinician, not a consumer device.
What POTS Is
POTS is a form of dysautonomia characterized by an abnormal heart-rate increase on standing, often with lightheadedness, fatigue, brain fog, and exercise intolerance.
Who Diagnoses It
Diagnosis is made by a clinician — typically a cardiologist or autonomic-medicine specialist — using clinical tools such as a tilt-table test or in-clinic standing test.
Where to Learn More
Dysautonomia International is a widely cited patient and clinician resource for ongoing education, research, and finding specialists.
For diagnosis, treatment, or management of POTS or any medical condition, speak with a qualified healthcare provider.
An Example Night Review
Illustrative only — a mock of how a personal night summary may look.
Last Night · Mon Mar 8
7h 52m total · 98% in-bed
Position Breakdown
Night Timeline
Komori is designed to surface a personal overview of position and movement patterns from the night. The data is for personal review and, optionally, for sharing with a healthcare provider. Komori is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition.
Why Komori?
vs. Wrist Wearables
Many wrist wearables can feel uncomfortable for sleep and don't capture body position.
vs. Smart Rings
Smart rings focus on wrist-style metrics and don't capture sleep position.
vs. Chest-Strap Monitors
Chest straps can feel uncomfortable for overnight wear.
Readers this content may help
This is general background reading. It is not personalized medical advice.
Curious Readers
People exploring what POTS is and how the autonomic nervous system is involved.
Researchers
Researchers and graduate students studying autonomic function, sleep, and body position.
Clinicians
Clinicians curious about contactless approaches to recording overnight body position and movement patterns.
Family Members
Family members supporting a loved one living with POTS who want general background information.
This is personal.
My twin boys got sepsis in the NICU. One of them was infected three times — the only documented case. All I wanted was to know they were okay.
Those nights changed everything for me. I couldn't stop thinking about how helpless it felt to not know what was happening while someone you love is sleeping. That question — "are they okay right now?" — never really left me. It followed me through 20 years of building data systems, through designing Owlet's data pipeline, through leading technology at SAMi Alert. Every role taught me something, but the question was always the same.
I built Komori for families like mine. Families who lie awake wondering. Families searching for insights that lead to answers. You spend a third of your life asleep. The night has answers. But you can't act on what you can't see.
Komori opens that black box. 60GHz radar that sees through blankets. No camera. No wearable. No video. Just data nobody's been able to give you before.
I designed every system. Every algorithm. This isn't a side project. It's the reason I learned everything I know.
Dovy Paukstys, Founder
Former Senior Solution Architect at Owlet Baby Care · Fractional CTO of SAMi Alert · 20 years in data engineering
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