Our Story

The nights Claire stopped sharing a bed

Dr. Claire Williams was a mother of two and a working doctor who had spent two decades helping other people feel better — while quietly dreading her own nights.

She snored. Not gently. The kind of snoring that sent her husband to the spare room, that made her anxious about staying at her sister's, that turned every family holiday into a quiet apology. She'd lie awake embarrassed, then wake up exhausted — wondering how someone who understood the human body couldn't sort out her own sleep.

She tried all of it. Nose strips that did nothing — because, as her training told her, the nose was never the real problem. Mouth tape that peeled off by 2am. A chin strap that left marks and changed nothing. Sprays that wore off before midnight. A pricey pillow that just gathered dust. Even a CPAP machine, which left her with a dry mouth and something she came to resent.

So she went back to the science. For most people, snoring starts in the throat: as the muscles relax in sleep, the airway narrows and the soft tissue vibrates. Open the airway, and you quiet the sound. Claire worked with dental and sleep specialists to design a soft, mould-to-fit mouthpiece that gently holds the jaw a few millimetres forward — without the bulk, dryness or hassle of everything she'd tried.

The first night she wore the prototype, her husband slept beside her for the first time in years. He didn't wake up once.

That prototype became Snorvana — refined, tested and made to a clinical standard so other Australians could have their quiet nights back too. Claire still wears hers every night.

“I didn't build this to sell a gadget. I built it so people could stop apologising for their sleep.”
— Dr. Claire Williams, Founder

Founder name shown is a placeholder pending final confirmation. Snorvana is a snoring-reduction aid, not a treatment for sleep apnoea or any medical condition.