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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ron F Richard, Overland Park, KS (US);
Aaron J Dirks, Overland Park, KS (US);
Stuart P Williams, Lenexa, KS (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A62B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820418 ; 12820421 ; 12820423 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for ventilating a patient wherein the inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP) is adjusted as a function of minute volume. The IPAP is gradually adjusted over extended periods of time in small increments to conform the patient's minute volume to a prescribed value. This gentle but effective approach ensures adequate ventilation while minimizing discomfort to the patient thereby rendering the system ideal for treating sleep disordered breathing in the homecare environment.