Acclimatization therapy for first time CPAP and NIV users

US9682207B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ResMed Corp. · AU

Inventors

• Philip Rodney Kwok · Chatswood, AU
• Ron Richard · Escondido, US
• Rohan Mullins · Parramatta, AU
• Chee Keong Phuah · Sydney, AU
• Karthikeyan Selvarajan · Sydney, AU
• Adrian Barnes · Fawn Drive, AU
• Thomas Miller · Valley Center, US
• David Richard Vorreiter · Parramatta, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2006
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/80
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of acclimatizing a user to provide continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, including operating a device for treating sleep disordered breathing (SDB) during successive treatment sessions, wherein the device provides continuous positive airway pressure during sleep, includes determining a clinically-derived full therapeutic pressure, applying a sub-therapeutic treatment pressure for the duration of a first session, obtaining responses to a series of pre-programmed patient and/or bed partner feedback questions before the start of a second session, and, based on the responses, either incrementally increasing the treatment pressure for the second session if the responses indicate that the patient is adjusting to therapy, or maintaining the treatment pressure for the second session if the responses do not indicate that the patient is adjusting to therapy.