METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SLEEP DISORDER BREATHING

• Main Authors: YEN, FUUNG, LUCAS, EDGAR A, AXE, JOHN R, BEHBEHANI, KHOSROW, BURK, JOHN R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.04.2007
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIFE-SAVING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

A method and device for controlling sleep disorder breathing utilizes variable multiple level pressures. A pressure source (43) supplies compressed breathable gas at a relatively low pressure to the user's airway. Pressure transducers (45, 48) monitor pressures and convert them into electrical...