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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2009
Applicant:
Douglas Mechlenburg, Murrysville, PA (US);
Inventor:
Douglas Mechlenburg, Murrysville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of treating lung disease, such as asthma or COPD, is provided that includes delivering positive pressure support to an airway of a patient during a plurality of respiratory cycles, and automatically varying a pressure level of the positive pressure support during at least a portion of the inspiratory phase of the patient in a number of the respiratory cycles.