Question on S9 AutoSet

[tbone421998]

I got my S9 AutoSet on May 31. Up until July 30th, my average leak rate was 8.4l/m. Since then it has sky rocketed. I changed cushions on my Quatro Mirage and it didn't seem to help. I am now averaging over 30 l/m. Last night I didn't think I had hardly any leaks yet it said 37.9 l/m this morning. My ahi was 1.3 though. I am averaging around 3.0 on my ahi still. I am going to my dme this afternoon to give them my sd card for my doctor. I'm taking my S9 in because I am thinking that it is not recording the correct leak rate. Could it be anything else?

[RandyJ]

I got my S9 AutoSet on May 31. Up until July 30th, my average leak rate was 8.4l/m. Since then it has sky rocketed. I changed cushions on my Quatro Mirage and it didn't seem to help. I am now averaging over 30 l/m. Last night I didn't think I had hardly any leaks yet it said 37.9 l/m this morning. My ahi was 1.3 though. I am averaging around 3.0 on my ahi still. I am going to my dme this afternoon to give them my sd card for my doctor. I'm taking my S9 in because I am thinking that it is not recording the correct leak rate. Could it be anything else?

I have been going through the same thing w/the Mirage Quattro mask (and I use an S9 Autoset). The first thing I did to make sure reported leak rate on the S9 was accurate, after a suggestion by a member here, was to reboot the S9: unplug, wait a minute or two, then plug back in so it will reboot. I was still having a high leak rate so I tried a mask liner from Padacheek which I have been using for about a week; it has almost eliminated my leaks. So maybe a mask liner might work for you. See this thread: viewtopic/t66785/Reducing-Leads-PadAChe ... s-or-.html

Are you able to read your own card at home w/software? That way you can look at your leak rate hour by hour for the whole night and see what's going on...

Good luck!!

[mck]

It is the software- I have been having the same problem but usually with the graphs not matching the data.
Rebooting the machine takes care of it most of the time.

ResMed needs to debug the software.

[Otter]

I got my S9 AutoSet on May 31. Up until July 30th, my average leak rate was 8.4l/m. Since then it has sky rocketed. I changed cushions on my Quatro Mirage and it didn't seem to help. I am now averaging over 30 l/m. Last night I didn't think I had hardly any leaks yet it said 37.9 l/m this morning. My ahi was 1.3 though. I am averaging around 3.0 on my ahi still. I am going to my dme this afternoon to give them my sd card for my doctor. I'm taking my S9 in because I am thinking that it is not recording the correct leak rate. Could it be anything else?

Yes. Check your hose for leaks.

[tbone421998]

Thanks for the suggestions. Since I have it in my care, I will have unplugged. So that might be it. I think I will still get the dme to take a look at it. I checked my hose and it is fine. Thanks for the suggestions.

[archangle]

Disconnect the hose from the mask. Plug the hole. Turn on the machine and listen for leaks.

Then proceed to more complicated diagnosis techniques if necessary.

Looking at the graphs for leak rate can help. A consistently high leak indicated different kinds of problems than a leak rate that's up and down all night.