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Sleep apnea treatment apparatus with a therapy delay circuit arrangement

  • US 5,823,187 A
  • Filed: 05/13/1996
  • Issued: 10/20/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for delivering pressurized gas to the airway of a patient, said apparatus comprising:

  • gas flow generator means for providing a flow of gas;

    conduit means for delivery of gas flow to an airway of a patient;

    pressure controller means cooperable with said gas flow generator means to provide for flow of gas within said conduit means at selectively variable pressures; and

    a therapy delay circuit arrangement for permitting delayed operation of said apparatus;

    said therapy delay circuit arrangement comprising means for instantaneously switching said apparatus between a first mode, wherein diagnostic information relating to a patient is obtained, and a second mode, wherein said apparatus administers respiratory therapy to a patient on the basis of diagnostic information obtained via the first mode.

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