what is CPAP/BiFLEX machine

Hello,

New to this site and looking to find an answer about CPAP / Bi-Flex, what type of machine is that CPAP or BiPAP?

I've been on CPAP since 1996, just had a new sleep study at a local hospital's sleep center and got the doctors Rx for CPAP 12 cm H2) with Bi-Flex setting of 2 (the doc is the hospitals sleep center specialist).

Rx report started with testing at 6 cm CPAP + 3 C -Flex, then titration switched to BiPap + Flex for tolerance to higher required air flows, study ended at 14 BiPAP = 3 BiFlex. Rx states CPAP / BiLevel PAP medically necessary and provides most effective treatment. I'm also being treated for COPD as well as sleep apena.

I'm currently on CPAP with a 1997 REMstar Plus at 9. I have had it at 12 in the past but had trouble with the pressure and usually quit using it, later got it adjusted to 9 - with seems to be OK.


Got call from vendor with equipment and was told they had a CPAP ready for me. I asked about the machine, since I had not heard about a CPAP / Bi-Flex before and wondered how that was different from what I already had.

The vendor's rep said the doc wrote it up wrong, there is no CPAP / BiFlex, that Bi-Flex term was for a completely different machine.

The vendor was going to call doc for clarification.

So back to my question, is this different machine than the basic CPAP i'M currently on?

Dave7520 wrote:Rx report started with testing at 6 cm CPAP + 3 C -Flex, then titration switched to BiPap + Flex for tolerance to higher required air flows, study ended at 14 BiPAP = 3 BiFlex.

What do you mean by "Rx report"?

If the doc wrote the Rx as you describe it (14 BiPAP = 3 BiFlex), then he either does sloppy work or knows very little about machines.

I have a good guess at what the doc meant. But, I don't want to say at this point, because it's important you get the right machine.

See what the DME says after he talks to the doc. Find out the exact model number of machine the DME wants to fill the script with. Then come back here and talk to some of the senior members. You don't want to pick up a machine that is not correct for your condition - it can be nearly impossible to exchange it once you take it home.