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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

May. 20, 2015
Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Benjamin Irwin Shelly, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Michael Thomas Kane, Harrison City, PA (US);

Gregory Delano Matthews, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Heather Dawn Ressler, Blairsville, PA (US);

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0069 (2014.02); A61M 16/00 (2013.01); A61M 16/0003 (2014.02); A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 16/0006 (2014.02); A61M 2016/003 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pressure support methodology and system that utilizes at least two, and possibly all three, of information relating to (i) airway patency, i.e., the degree to which the patient's airway is open, (ii) the primary cause of the current sleep disordered breathing event, and (iii) the patient's response to previous pressure changes to automatically titrate pressure when presented with a sleep disordered breathing event. In another embodiment, pressure may be automatically titrated based solely on the primary cause of the sleep disordered breathing event.


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