What to look for in a S9 VPAP Auto

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McSleepy
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What to look for in a S9 VPAP Auto

Post by McSleepy » Fri Nov 14, 2014 2:00 pm

After many years on bi-level CPAP I'm still looking for a better device, so I'm upgrading now to an S9 VPAP Auto. I have an appointment on Monday to pick it up and I'd like to be prepared as far as what goes with it is concerned. I know it's supposed to have a humidifier, but, for example, are there different flavors or any accessories that go with it, any special tubing that's better than others, and so on? The DME needs to get involved (insurance probably requires them, too), but I've already told them that I take care of my own treatment, so I don't expect them to bother me too much. I'll keep my mask, so nothing new there. I can't think of anything specific, but I thought I'd ask if anyone can think of something to watch for. Thanks.
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Re: What to look for in a S9 VPAP Auto

Post by palerider » Fri Nov 14, 2014 5:01 pm

vpap auto, there's only the one. h5i humidifier, (only choice) and a climateline hose (I'd go for the climateline max since you're getting the vpap)

see if you can get a dishwasher safe water tank for the humidifier. that way you can just dump the parts in the dishwasher for cleaning.

that's really all there is to it

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Re: What to look for in a S9 VPAP Auto

Post by McSleepy » Fri Nov 14, 2014 7:50 pm

Thank you! If they don't give me the ClimateLine tube I won't fight them since I don't like warm air, anyway, and I also never have problems with condensation. But I had forgotten about the water tank that can be disassembled (I actually had a posting about that) - I want it not because I want to wash it that often but so that I can disassemble it when traveling. It took the DME months to get the machine ordered (at first there was some insurance limitations - it's been only 3.5 years since my last machine), so I might have to take what they got and try and request a replacement later.
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Machine: AirCurve™ 10 VAuto BiLevel Machine with HumidAir™ Heated Humidifier
Additional Comments: Previous machine: ResMed S9 VPAP Auto 25 BiLevel. Mask: Breeze with dilator pillows. Software: ResScan ver. 5.1
ResMed AirCurve 10 VAuto; Puritan-Bennett Breeze nasal pillow mask; healthy, active, middle-aged man; tall, athletic build; stomach sleeper; on CPAP since 2003; lives @ 5000 ft; surgically-corrected deviated septum and turbinates; regular nasal washes

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Re: What to look for in a S9 VPAP Auto

Post by McSleepy » Tue Nov 18, 2014 12:52 pm

So, I got the S9 yesterday; I haven't set it up yet, I'll get to that later today. I've looked at the clinician's manual for the S9 and the settings look almost identical to the S8, so setting it up should be easy.

The tank was the dishwasher-safe kind, disassembles nicely , and the tubing was the SlimLine variety (no ClimateLine, but I'm fine with the regular one). They also provided a wireless modem, which is annoying but I guess it uploads the summary when it is able to get a connection. They said insurance (BCBS) now expects 80% compliance, for 5 hours a night. I sleep around 6-7 hours a night, so I should be all right. I also plan to mess with the settings regularly but I think they only look at compliance numbers, so that shouldn't be a problem. The DME told me this will be only for the first three months; and for future supplies (which I hardly ever order - a mask and a set of pillows and filters in the last 5 years; I'm still on my original hoses from 11 years ago), it looks like I only need to prove compliance to the DME, not to BCBS, so I'll be fine.

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Machine: AirCurve™ 10 VAuto BiLevel Machine with HumidAir™ Heated Humidifier
Additional Comments: Previous machine: ResMed S9 VPAP Auto 25 BiLevel. Mask: Breeze with dilator pillows. Software: ResScan ver. 5.1
ResMed AirCurve 10 VAuto; Puritan-Bennett Breeze nasal pillow mask; healthy, active, middle-aged man; tall, athletic build; stomach sleeper; on CPAP since 2003; lives @ 5000 ft; surgically-corrected deviated septum and turbinates; regular nasal washes