Bench testing of auto-adjusting positive airway pressure devices

F Abdenbi, B Chambille… - European Respiratory …, 2004 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Continuous positive airway pressure devices are routinely used to treat sleep breathing
disorders. Automated devices that adjust the therapeutic pressure have recently been …

Response of automatic continuous positive airway pressure devices to different sleep breathing patterns: a bench study

R Farré, JM Montserrat, J Rigau, X Trepat… - American Journal of …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
Evaluating the usefulness of automatic continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in
treating the sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) is not easy because the algorithms …

All APAPs are not equivalent for the treatment of sleep disordered breathing: a bench evaluation of eleven commercially available devices

K Zhu, G Roisman, S Aouf… - Journal of Clinical Sleep …, 2015 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: This study challenged on a bench-test the efficacy of auto-titrating positive
airway pressure (APAP) devices for obstructive sleep disordered breathing treatment and …

Comparison of three auto-adjusting positive pressure devices in patients with sleep apnoea

GM Nolan, S Ryan, TM O'Connor… - European Respiratory …, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Auto-adjustable continuous positive airway pressure (APAP) devices are an emerging
treatment alternative to fixed-pressure continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy …

Bench model to simulate upper airway obstruction for analyzing automatic continuous positive airway pressure devices

J Rigau, JM Montserrat, H Wöhrle, D Plattner… - Chest, 2006 - Elsevier
Background Automatic positive airway pressure (APAP) devices are increasingly being used
in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Some APAP devices present an unstable behavior …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative assessment of several automatic CPAP devices' responses: a bench test study

V Isetta, D Navajas, JM Montserrat… - ERJ Open …, 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Automatic continuous positive airway pressure (APAP) devices adjust the delivered
pressure based on the breathing patterns of the patient and, accordingly, they may be more …

Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing with positive airway pressure devices: technology update

KG Johnson, DC Johnson - Medical Devices: Evidence and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Many types of positive airway pressure (PAP) devices are used to treat sleep-disordered
breathing including obstructive sleep apnea, central sleep apnea, and sleep-related …

Effect of air leak on the performance of auto-PAP devices: a bench study

D Coller, D Stanley, S Parthasarathy - Sleep and Breathing, 2005 - Springer
Automatic positive airway pressure (auto-PAP) devices, used in the treatment of patients
with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), may not function optimally in the presence of an air …

Efficacy of flow-vs impedance-guided autoadjustable continuous positive airway pressure: a randomized cross-over trial

DA Pevernagie, PM Proot, KB Hertegonne, MC Neyens… - Chest, 2004 - Elsevier
Study objectives: Autoadjustable continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices are
increasingly used in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Since different …

Titration efficacy of two auto-adjustable continuous positive airway pressure devices using different flow limitation-based algorithms

KB Hertegonne, B Rombaut, P Houtmeyers… - Respiration, 2008 - karger.com
Background: Auto-adjustable continuous positive airway pressure devices are widely used
in titration procedures to determine therapeutic pressure levels in obstructive sleep apnea …