Method of providing interactive pressure support
First Claim
1. A method of treating a breathing disorder, comprising the steps of:
- providing an interactive pressure support system comprising;
(a) a pressure generating system adapted to provide a pressure therapy to a pulmonary system of a patient to treat apneas suffered by such a patient, and (b) an interactive system comprising an input device and an output device; and
causing the interactive pressure support system to provide a survey to such a patient, wherein in the survey is a series of questions or a test adapted to measure a characteristic of such a patient'"'"'s suffering from such apneas, wherein the survey is provided via the output device, wherein the characteristic that the survey is adapted to measure comprises a characteristic that is impacted by such a patient'"'"'s suffering from such apneas;
receiving a response to the survey from such a patient via the input device; and
collecting the response to the survey in the interactive pressure support system.
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Abstract
A method of employing a pressure generating system that provides a pressure therapy to the pulmonary system of a patient and to enable the patient to interact with the pressure support system, for example, to monitor the effectiveness of the treatment provided by the pressure support system. The interactive system includes an output device that provides first information to the patient, an input device that allows the patient to provide second information that is based on the first information and a control unit that controls the operation of the output device to present the first information and collection of the second information via the input device. In a further embodiment, the operation of the pressure generating system is controlled based on the second information provided by the patient.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of treating a breathing disorder, comprising the steps of:
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providing an interactive pressure support system comprising;
(a) a pressure generating system adapted to provide a pressure therapy to a pulmonary system of a patient to treat apneas suffered by such a patient, and (b) an interactive system comprising an input device and an output device; andcausing the interactive pressure support system to provide a survey to such a patient, wherein in the survey is a series of questions or a test adapted to measure a characteristic of such a patient'"'"'s suffering from such apneas, wherein the survey is provided via the output device, wherein the characteristic that the survey is adapted to measure comprises a characteristic that is impacted by such a patient'"'"'s suffering from such apneas; receiving a response to the survey from such a patient via the input device; and collecting the response to the survey in the interactive pressure support system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of treating a breathing disorder, comprising the steps of:
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providing a device that is adapted to administer a pressure therapy to a patient to treat apneas suffered by such a patient; causing the device to also provide first information to a patient, wherein in the first information is a series of questions or a test adapted to measure a characteristic of such a patient'"'"'s suffering from such apneas, wherein the characteristic that the series of questions or test is adapted to measure comprises a characteristic that is impacted by such a patient'"'"'s suffering from such apneas; acquiring, via the device, second information from a patient based on the first information, wherein the second information includes such a patient'"'"'s responses to the series of questions or the test; causing the device to determine from the second information a measure of the characteristic; causing the device to determine whether the measure of the characteristic warrants an alteration of the pressure therapy, and causing the device to automatically alter the pressure therapy if the device determines that the measure of the characteristic warrants an alteration of the pressure therapy. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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