Queensland's Appian Medical has secured about half the funding it is seeking in a $1m seed round.

Appian Medical, a healthcare IT spin-out of Queensland University, has secured $580,000 in a seed round with a goal of $1m. The investors have not been disclosed.

Appian is developing software to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea, the most common type of sleep apnea. The condition is caused by an obstruction of the upper airway and leads to repetitive pauses of breathing during sleep, which last from 20 to 40 seconds – apnea literally means “without breath”. The disorder affects some…