Respironics Auto titration patent

Mikesus · Post by **Mikesus** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:31 am

This is really interesting reading. Gives you a bit more of how the Remstar Auto makes decisions.

Link Here

derek · Post by **derek** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:29 am

Mike,
Are you able to view the figures? I cannot.
Derek

Mikesus · Post by **Mikesus** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:50 am

They are moving their data center so I would suspect that it why...

derek · Post by **derek** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:00 am

Now I understand why I don't understand It's much more complex than I had imagined. The layered control algorithms mean that everybody is fighting to take over! I was surprised that snores are given such a high priority.

I'm looking forward to sitting down and going over it in detail.

derek · Post by **derek** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:31 am

In order to view images in patents from the US Patent Office you need to have a special TIFF viewer installed on your computer. There is a free one available at

Free Patent TIFF Viewer

I used the AutoInstall - worked very smoothly. It makes a huge difference to have the figures.

What I'll do is convert the whole thing (with images) to a pdf and put it on my web server - may take a few hours... there are 49 pages

-SWS · Post by **-SWS** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:51 am

derek wrote: I was surprised that snores are given such a high priority.

The first Respironics AutoPAP brought to market (the Virtuoso) detected and triggered only on snore. Detection/trigger based on a patient's air flow anomalies was undeveloped technology at the time. Since then most AutoPAPs are designed with both flow-based and snore-based detection and trigger routines.

The premise of assigning high priority to snore is that snore is very easy to detect and serves as an excellent indicator of abnormal breathing. This partial strategy is common to all modern AutoPAPS: correct the snore and prevent even more severe sleep disordered breathing events.