Dr. Hakim has a long history in teaching and medical research and has devoted much of his career to understanding and treating sleep disorders. While he found Expiratory Positive Airway Pressure (EPAP) technology to be an effective treatment for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, he noticed barriers with existing products. They weren’t comfortable, and not easily accessible because they required a prescription. Not only did he set out to solve these problems, but to also create a new mask that would provide adjustable EPAP. Such feature would allow users to set the pressure to their specific needs making it more user friendly. Therefore, he sought to have it cleared by the FDA as an over-the-counter anti-snoring device so it would become accessible to anyone without requiring a prescription. Consequently, he requested to have the new EPAP mask cleared for snoring so that a prescription would not be required, even though, the new EPAP mask could generate expiratory pressure equivalent to other EPAP masks that require a prescription. And so Optipillows EPAP Mask was born!