Automatic pressure titration

US9056172B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Benjamin Irwin Shelly · Pittsburgh, US
• Michael T. Kane · Harrison City, US
• Gregory Delano Matthews · Pittsburgh, US
• Heather Ressler · New Alexandria, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 22, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 16, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/52
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A pressure support methodology and system that utilizes at least two, and possibly all three, of information relating to (i) airway patency, i.e., the degree to which the patient's airway is open, (ii) the primary cause of the current sleep disordered breathing event, and (iii) the patient's response to previous pressure changes to automatically titrate pressure when presented with a sleep disordered breathing event. In another embodiment, pressure may be automatically titrated based solely on the primary cause of the sleep disordered breathing event.