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Compact continuous positive airway pressure apparatus and method

  • US 9,782,552 B1
  • Filed: 05/18/2015
  • Issued: 10/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • obtaining, by a human, a travel system comprising a computer sized and shaped to be readily portable and physically supported on a lap of the human during transport and use, respectively, a device constituting a CPAP structured to have a deployed configuration for use and a stowed configuration of a size and shape approximating the size and shape of the computer, and a power supply, the power supply being structured to plug into a building-mounted outlet on one end and at the other end power serially, non-simultaneously, and without reconfiguration the computer and the device via direct mechanical and electrical engagement therewith;

    carrying, by the human, the travel system in a case particularly sized to fit space requirements of the computer while on a journey away from home;

    converting, by the power supply, electrical power and supplying converted electrical power at a first voltage to the computer during a first portion of a day corresponding to working by the human during the journey; and

    converting, by the power supply, electrical power and supplying converted electrical power at the first voltage to the device during a second portion of the day, corresponding to when the human is asleep and breathing air pressurized to a value equal to or greater than 5 centimeters of water by the device.

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