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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING APNEA/HYPOPNEA

  • US 20100089396A1
  • Filed: 09/06/2007
  • Published: 04/15/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating a patient with sleep-disordered breathing, the method comprising:

  • providing a supply of pressurized breathable gas at a treatment pressure, the treatment pressure being substantially constant during patient inspiration and patient expiration;

    generating a first signal when a hypopnea event is detected;

    increasing the pressure of the supply of pressurized breathable gas to a boosted pressure during patient inspiration in response to the first signal to normalize the hypopnea event; and

    ,when the hypopnea event is normalized, providing the supply of pressurized breathable gas to the patient at the substantially constant treatment pressure.

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