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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Resmed Limited, Bella Vista, AU;
Dinesh Ramanan, Telopea, AU;
Jeffrey Peter Armitstead, North Sydney, AU;
Joon-Pil Hwang, Rhodes, AU;
Jane Zona Mchenry, Auckland, NZ;
Nathan John Row, Lane Cove, AU;
ResMed Pty Ltd, , AU;
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus for treating a respiratory disorder. The apparatus comprises a pressure device, and a controller, including at least one processor, configured to control the pressure device to: supply, upon initiation of treatment, a flow of pressurized air to the airway of a patient at a treatment pressure according to a pre-sleep profile of pressure versus time, increase, upon detection of sleep onset of the patient, the treatment pressure to a predetermined therapeutic pressure according to a bridging profile of pressure versus time, and supply the flow of pressurized air to the airway of the patient at a therapeutic pressure.