Apparatus and method for the treatment of an upper airway flow limitation
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1. An apparatus for the treatment of an upper airway flow limitation in a patient, the apparatus including:
- (a) a means to detect at least one interruption cycle in an upper airway inspiration flow rate of the patient wherein the interruption cycle is characterized by a decrease in upper airway inspiratory flow rate followed by an increase in the upper airway inspiratory flow rate; and
(b) a treatment means which treats the upper airway flow limitation on detection of said at least one interruption cycle in the upper airway inspiratory flow rate.
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An apparatus and a method for the treatment of an upper airway flow limitation, the apparatus including a means to detect an interruption in an upper airway inspiratory flow rate of the patient and further including a treatment means which treats the upper airway flow limitation on detection of the interruption cycle.
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1. An apparatus for the treatment of an upper airway flow limitation in a patient, the apparatus including:
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(a) a means to detect at least one interruption cycle in an upper airway inspiration flow rate of the patient wherein the interruption cycle is characterized by a decrease in upper airway inspiratory flow rate followed by an increase in the upper airway inspiratory flow rate; and (b) a treatment means which treats the upper airway flow limitation on detection of said at least one interruption cycle in the upper airway inspiratory flow rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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8. An apparatus for the treatment of hypertension caused by pre-eclampsia, the apparatus including:
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(a) a flow rate measurement means which measures an air flow intake rate in an airway of a patient; (b) a means to detect at least one interruption cycle in an upper airway inspiration flow rate of the patient wherein the interruption cycle is characterized by a decrease in upper airway inspiratory flow rate followed by an increase in the upper airway inspiratory flow rate; and (c) a treatment means which treats an upper airway flow limitation in the patient in response to detecting an interruption cycle in the air flow intake rate, said interruption cycle characterized by a decrease in the air flow intake rate followed by an increase in the airflow intake rate so as to alleviate hypertension caused by pre-eclampsia.
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9. An apparatus for the treatment of hypertension caused by pre-eclampsia, the apparatus including:
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(a) a measuring means for measuring airway vibrations in the patient; (b) identification means which identifies those measured airway vibrations which are indicative of an interruption cycle in an upper airway; (c) a means to detect at leas one interruption cycle in an upper airway inspiration flow rate of the patient wherein the interruption cycle is characterized by a decrease in upper airway inspiratory flow rate followed by an increase in the upper airs ay inspiratory flow rate; and (d) treatment means which treats the upper airway flow limitation in the patient upon detection of the interruption cycle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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32. A method of treating an upper airway flow limitation in a patient including the steps of:
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(a) detecting at least one interruption cycle in an upper airway respiratory flow rate of the patient wherein the interruption cycle is characterized by a decrease in upper airway inspiratory flow rate followed by an increase in the upper airway inspiratory flow rate; and (b) treating the upper airway flow limitation on detection of an interruption cycle in the upper airway inspiratory flow rate. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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35. A method of treating a patient for hypertension caused by pre-eclampsia, the method including the steps of:
- measuring an air flow intake rate in an airway of the patient in response to an interruption cycle in the air flow intake rate, said interruption cycle characterized by a decrease in the airflow intake rate followed by an increase in the airflow intake rate so as to alleviate hypertension caused by pre-eclampsia.
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36. A method of treating a patient for hypertension caused by pre-eclampsia, the method including the steps of:
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(a) measuring airway vibrations in the patient; (b) identifying those measured airway vibrations which are indicative of an interruption cycle in an upper airway, where the interruption is characterized by a decrease in upper airway inspiratory flow rate followed by an increase in the upper airway inspiratory flow rate; and (c) on identification of the interruption cycle in an upper airway, treating the upper airway flow limitation in the patient. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40)
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