Method and apparatus for treating cheyne-stokes respiration
CA 2581758 C · Owner: Siirola, Rochelle · Inventors: Duff, Winslow K.; Kane, Michael T.; Siirola, Rochelle
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A system and method for delivering a flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient. The system monitors a characteristic that varies based on variations of the flow of the breathing gas and determines a Target Flow for the gas to be delivered to the patient based on the monitored characteristic. The Target Flow is set to a level sufficient to treat Cheyne-Stokes respiration or a sleep disordered breathing event. The system also alters the Target Flow based on a determination that the patient is experiencing a sleep disordered breathing event. In a further embodiment the system determines an apnea , detection time (Tapnea) as Tinspplus a constant and delivers a machine , triggered …
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- Filed September 29, 2005 and granted August 12, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 29, 2025.
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