Meet SAMi

Created by loving parents of a child with epilepsy 

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Alarm Bell

Quickly determine if action is needed

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Establish a recorded history of behavior

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Watch for changes over time

Why SAMi?

If your child needs to be closely monitored for unusual activity at night you probably suffer from a lack of sleep. I know we did.

We built SAMi to:

  • Reliably alert us to our child's seizures with a loud, unmissable alarm
  • Automatic HD recording
  • Allow us to sleep through our child's normal tossing and turning during sleep
  • Provide us with a way to quickly see and hear what's happening
  • Automatically record the events so we could share them with our doctors
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Thoughtfully designed for caregivers & parents

With funding from the Epilepsy Foundation, and in close partnership with leading SUDEP organizations, we created SAMi to help other caregivers along their journey.

We've spent the last 10 years refining this system, and today thousands of families across the world use SAMi each night to sleep a little safer.

Wearable
Free

Epilepsy Foundation
Award Winner

For all
ages

Wearable
Free

Epilepsy Foundation
Award Winner

For all
ages

Detect More

Our enhanced infrared night-time illuminators allow SAMi to pick up a wide range of rhythmic and non-rhythmic movement even in complete darkness

  • Shaking or Jerking
  • Muscles stiffening
  • Spasms
  • Eye fluttering
  • Face grimacing
  • Shaking or Jerking
  • Muscles stiffening
  • Spasms
  • Eye fluttering
  • Finger or toe wagging
  • Twitches
  • Ticks
  • Sleep walking
  • Sleep apnea
  • Face grimacing
  • Lip trembling
  • Finger / toe wagging
  • Twitches
  • Ticks
  • Sleep walking
  • Rhythmic Movement
  • Non-continuous movement
  • Subtle Movement

Motion

  • Shaking or Jerking
  • Muscles stiffening
  • Spasms
  • Eye fluttering
  • Face grimacing
  • Lip trembling
  • Finger or toe wagging
  • Twitches
  • Ticks
  • Sleep walking
  • Sleep apnea
  • Shaking or Jerking
  • Muscles stiffening
  • Spasms
  • Eye fluttering
  • Finger or toe wagging
  • Twitches
  • Ticks
  • Sleep walking
  • Sleep apnea
  • Face grimacing

Epilepsy

  • What SAMi is designed to capture
  • Tonic-clonic / Tonic / Clonic 
  • Complex Partial seizures
  • Myoclonic seizures
  • Hypermotor seizures
  • Absence / Petit-mal
  • Hemiclonic seizures
  • Focal seizures
  • Febrile seizures
  • Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
  • Status Epilepticus
  • Infantile spasms
  • ...and much more!
  • Tonic-clonic seizures / Grand-mal / Tonic / Clonic
  • Complex Partial seizures
  • Myoclonic seizures
  • Hypermotor seizures
  • Absence seizures / Petit-mal seizures
  • Hemiclonic seizures
  • Focal seizures
  • Febrile seizures
  • Rolandic seizures / Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
  • Status Epilepticus
  • Infantile spasms
  • ...and many others!

Motion Types

  • Shaking
  • Stiffening
  • Spasms
  • Trembling
  • Shaking or Jerking
  • Muscles stiffening
  • Spasms
  • Eye fluttering
  • Jerking
  • Twitching
  • Fluttering
  • Sleep Walking

Areas of the Body

  • Head  / Face
  • Hands
  • Arms
  • Fingers
  • Shaking or Jerking
  • Muscles stiffening
  • Spasms
  • Eye fluttering
  • Shoulders
  • Feet
  • Legs
  • Toes
Dr. Maa says video from a nocturnal monitor would be very helpful in a typical clinic visit

"One of the roles that i think SAMi really satisfies goes back to several patients of mine who their parents out of fear for convulsions during sleep and what they've heard about SUDEP would actually have their child sleep with them in bed into early adulthood. For obvious reasons, this is not a desirable situation.

Much like we have baby monitors for when our children are very small this is a useful device for patients who are suffering from epilepsy and the family members that live with them. Video from a nocturnal monitor would be very helpful in a typical clinic visit especially when the diagnosis is uncertain or the medication management needs assistance."

Dr. Edward Maa

Director of Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Swedish Medical
Executive Board Member, Epilepsy Foundation of CO

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"We’ve been working closely with SAMi for nearly 10 years now. During that time, our device grant program has helped over 700 epilepsy patients and caregivers to secure SAMi-3 Kits. We believe intervention during a seizure event may reduce the risk of SUDEP, reduce injuries, and allows caregivers to provide seizure first aid.

Tom and Mary Stanton

President and Executive Director,
Danny Did Foundation

" The SAMi The Sleep Activity Monitor has been an excellent option for many families… Imagine being able to show your neurologist or epileptologist exactly what is happening at night. I've known the Andersons (inventors of SAMi) for over 10 years now and together we've helped hundreds of parents sleep a little safer with effective night-time monitoring

Julie Hutchison

Owner and Founder,
Chelsea Hutchison Foundation

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Dr. Edward Maa

Director of Epilepsy Monitoring Unit 

Swedish Medical

"One of the roles that i think SAMi really satisfies goes back to several patients of mine who their parents out of fear for convulsions during sleep and what they've heard about SUDEP would actually have their child sleep with them in bed into early adulthood. For obvious reasons, this is not a desirable situation.

Much like we have baby monitors for when our children are very small this is a useful device for patients who are suffering from epilepsy and the family members that live with them. Video from a nocturnal monitor would be very helpful in a typical clinic visit especially when the diagnosis is uncertain or the medication management needs assistance."

Watch Video

Tom and Mary Stanton

President and Executive Director,
Danny Did Foundation

We’ve been working closely with SAMi for nearly 10 years now. During that time, our device grant program has helped over 700 epilepsy patients and caregivers to secure SAMi-3 Kits . We believe intervention during a seizure event may reduce the risk of SUDEP, reduce injuries, and allows caregivers to provide seizure first aid.

Julie Hutchison

Chelsea Hutchison Foundation

" The SAMi The Sleep Activity Monitor has been an excellent option for many families… Imagine being able to show your neurologist or epileptologist exactly what is happening at night. I've known the Andersons (inventors of SAMi) for over 10 years now and together we've helped hundreds of parents sleep a little safer with effective night-time monitoring"

Lifetime access

Every SAMi order includes lifetime access to our latest monitoring software.

Download the monitoring app and connect to SAMi through local Wi-Fi, internet, or cell networks.

Whether you're at home or across town, SAMi has you covered. 

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The SAMi smart monitor is not intended to diagnose, cure, mitigate, prevent, or treat any illness or condition.

Do you know what's happening at night?

SAMi is the only wearable-free monitoring solution created for parents, caregivers, and individuals affected by sleep-related movement disorders.

Real-time alerts

Monitor for abnormal night-time events seamlessly at home or across town

  • Real-time, even when your internet is down
  • Secure remote monitoring
  • Up to 4 people can monitor one SAMi Camera

Recording Mode

Enable Alarm

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Automatic HD recordings

Allow others to see and hear exactly what's happening at night

  • Document a recorded history of behavior
  • Automatic HD recording
  • Store up to 1000 recordings locally or in the cloud
  • HD 1270 x 1080p video + audio

Recording Mode

Enable Alarm

Microphone boost