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Method for acclimating a CPAP therapy patient to prescribed pressure

  • US 8,011,366 B2
  • Filed: 01/13/2005
  • Issued: 09/06/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for controlling startup of CPAP apparatus which applies an IPAP pressure to a patient'"'"'s airway during inhalation and an EPAP pressure to the patient'"'"'s airway during exhalation, said method comprising the steps of applying a therapeutic IPAP pressure to the patient'"'"'s airway during a startup period, and at the beginning of the startup period applying an EPAP pressure below the therapeutic IPAP pressure to the patient'"'"'s airway and increasing the EPAP pressure to the therapeutic IPAP pressure during the startup period.

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