METHODS AND RELATED SYSTEMS TO SELECTIVELY CONTROL OPERATIONAL MODES OF POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE SYSTEMS
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1. A method comprising:
- inserting a memory card into a card reader of a positive airway pressure device; and
selectively operating the positive airway pressure device in at least one of a first pressure control mode where pressure applied is substantially continuous across a patient'"'"'s respiratory cycle, or a second pressure control mode where the pressure applied is reduced during exhalation of the patient, the operating based on information stored on the memory card.
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Abstract
A method and related systems to selective control operational modes of positive airway pressure systems. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are a method comprising inserting a memory card into a card reader of a positive airway pressure device, and selectively operating the positive airway pressure device in at least one of a first pressure control mode where pressure applied is substantially continuous across a patient'"'"'s respiratory cycle, or a second pressure control mode where the pressure applied is reduced during exhalation of the patient (the operating based on information stored on the memory card).
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1. A method comprising:
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inserting a memory card into a card reader of a positive airway pressure device; and
selectively operating the positive airway pressure device in at least one of a first pressure control mode where pressure applied is substantially continuous across a patient'"'"'s respiratory cycle, or a second pressure control mode where the pressure applied is reduced during exhalation of the patient, the operating based on information stored on the memory card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system comprising:
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a first blower configured to fluidly couple to a first naris of a patient;
a processor coupled to the first blower and configured to control the speed of the first blower; and
a card reader electrically coupled to the processor, wherein the card reader is configured to read information from a memory device insertable into the card reader;
wherein the processor, based on the information, operates the first blower in at least one of a first pressure control mode where pressure applied to the first naris of the patient is substantially continuous across a patient'"'"'s respiratory cycle, or a second pressure control mode where the pressure applied is reduced during exhalation of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a first means for generating pressure and flow, the first means for generating configured to fluidly couple to a first naris of a patient;
a means for executing programs, the means for executing configured to control the speed of the first means for generating; and
a means for reading a nonvolatile memory electrically coupled to the means for executing, wherein the means for reading is configured to read information from a memory means insertable into the means for reading;
wherein the means for executing, based on the information, operates the first means for generating in at least one of a first pressure control mode where pressure applied to the first naris of the patient is substantially continuous across a patient'"'"'s respiratory cycle, or a second pressure control mode where the pressure applied is reduced during exhalation of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A computer readable medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor, performs a method comprising:
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reading, by a positive airway pressure device, information from a removable memory device; and
implementing at least one of a first pressure control mode where pressure applied to the second naris of the patient by the positive airway pressure device is substantially continuous across a patient'"'"'s respiratory cycle, or a second pressure control mode where the pressure applied by the positive airway pressure device is reduced during exhalation of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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