Respironics M Series Auto Bi-pap....

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:32 pm

Anyone know when this will be released in the M Series form factor?

dsm · Post by **dsm** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:55 pm

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This ended up in wrong post ?

DSM

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:38 pm

I'm also curious as to whether Respironics has firm plans to put the AutoBiPAP in an M-Series shell.

-SWS · Post by **-SWS** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:43 pm

The above was me. Checking, just out of curiosity, to see whether cpaptalk.com currently displays an IP address as a guest post is submitted. Didn't see it anywhere. But that's an altogether different topic, in a thread about guest posting by Johnny. Sorry for the distraction...

We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:59 pm

Steve, I know it's in their plans, I just don't know what the timeframe is.

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:00 pm

One of these days I'll remember to sign in. The above post was me.

-SWS · Post by **-SWS** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:22 pm

Thanks, Paul. The one pattern I've noticed in the past is that Respironics seems to platform-evolve sequentially: from simplest platform, to next simplest platform, working their way up the complexity ladder. I guess AutoBiPAP should be coming up to bat any time now for an M-Series physical redesign.

Of course, that may mean next year. Hopefully someone will know.

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:09 pm

I recently heard that it is delayed and will be available in late September. Respironics has had a problem fitting the electronics into the M Series smaller cabinet.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:46 pm

That's easy, get a bigger hammer. May have a problem shrinking the heavy duty blower required for Bi-pap. It's hard to find a little squirrel, that can run that fast. Jim

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:22 pm

here is an interesting find:

http://www.pulmonaryreviews.com/dec05/bipap.html

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:23 pm

Jim,

Paul

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:26 pm

Snoredog,

Very interesting article. Thank for sending it.

NightHawkeye · Post by **NightHawkeye** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:09 am

Paul B wrote:Snoredog,

Very interesting article. Thank for sending it.

I gotta question the entire article, guys. It strikes me as ResMed influenced. First, BiPAP is a Respironics trademark. Nowhere in the article does it suggest that bilevel machines exhibit the same problems as BiPAP machines. And the last sentence is a gem:

"For patients who cannot tolerate CPAP because of dyspnea, he suggested trying an exhalation pressure relief device before switching the patient to BiPAP."

Now, while exhalation pressure relief is used generically in the sentence, EPR just happens to be a ResMed trademark. The kicker to all this though is that CPAP exhalation pressure relief only comes in two forms; EPR, which is identical to BiPAP, and C-flex which has some BiPAP similarities. If the author thought C-flex provided benefits, then he should have said so. Instead, he suggested switching to EPR which has all the same problems as BiPAP. So, either the author is a moron, or he has an agenda.

If this were a legitimate article, the author would have steered clear of the use of common trademarks. Anyone with even slight familiarity with these machines knows that both BiPAP and Exhalation Pressure Relief are trademarked terms.

Regards,
Bill

Infobabe · Post by **Infobabe** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:43 am

Respironics has told me that a M Series BiPAP will be released near the end of August. They will have a BiPAP Plus and BiPAP Pro. There will not be a BiPAP with a rate in the M Series Platform. The size of the Plus and Pro will be identical to the M Series CPAPs.

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