So I looked up the difference https://www.cpap.com/productpage/pr-60- ... anced.html
Advanced back-up rate
Complex Sleep Apnea occurs when Central Sleep Apnea is experienced while being treated with a CPAP or BiPAP Machine for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. The Advanced Back Up Rate of the autoSV helps to prevent this by encouraging spontaneous breathing at a natural rate for the user. This is accomplished by the system automatically calculating the backup rate to closely match the natural breathing rate.
This all seems so scarey. It’s disturbing enough that air is being forced into me all night through just the CPAP machine (which I will continue to use since I cannot constantly be carting the new machine everywhere I go) but to have all these (Auto EPAP/Advanced back-up rate/Servo ventilation (SV) algorithm/Bi-flex/System One Resistance Control) algorithms controlling the way I breath… I wonder that my body isn’t being trained to be dependent on the machine.
1) What has your experience been with BIPAP ASV?
2) What is Backup Rate?
3) I notice that this the description I looked up applies to a particular (REMStar) manufacturer’s machine. Do all manufacturers have these “sophisticated algorithms” and are they all the same (probably not…I would think they’re exclusive to each company)?
4) Since the machine is so algorithmically charged, can these machines have their firmware updated as their algorithms are updated?