US 12,403,277 B2
Acclimization therapy for first time CPAP and NIV users
Philip Rodney Kwok, Sydney (AU); Ron Richard, Escondido, CA (US); Rohan Mullins, Sydney (AU); Chee Keong Phuah, Sydney (AU); Karthikeyan Selvarajan, Sydney (AU); Adrian Barnes, Sydney (AU); Thomas Evan Miller, Pittsford, NY (US); and David Richard Vorreiter, Sydney (AU)
Assigned to ResMed Pty, Ltd., Bella Vista (AU)
Filed by ResMed Pty Ltd, Bella Vista (AU)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/218,440.
Application 17/038,039 is a division of application No. 15/593,563, filed on May 12, 2017, granted, now 10,821,242, issued on Nov. 3, 2020.
Application 15/593,563 is a division of application No. 11/921,644, granted, now 9,682,207, issued on Jun. 20, 2017, previously published as PCT/AU2006/000822, filed on Jun. 14, 2006.
Application 18/218,440 is a continuation of application No. 17/038,039, filed on Sep. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,730,906.
Claims priority of application No. 2005903089 (AU), filed on Jun. 14, 2005; application No. 2005906122 (AU), filed on Nov. 4, 2005; and application No. 2005906193 (AU), filed on Nov. 8, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347084 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0066 (2013.01) [A61M 16/0051 (2013.01); A61M 16/0069 (2014.02); A61M 16/024 (2017.08); A61M 2016/0021 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 2016/0036 (2013.01); A61M 16/06 (2013.01); A61M 2205/15 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/80 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A method of acclimatizing a patient to provide continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, including operating a device for treating sleep disordered breathing (SDB) during successive treatment sessions, wherein said device provides continuous positive airway pressure during sleep, the method comprising:
determining a clinically-derived first therapeutic pressure;
applying a sub-therapeutic treatment pressure that is lower than the first therapeutic pressure for a duration of a first session; and
based on a patient's preference determined after the first session, applying a treatment pressure for a second session that is set using settings selected, based on the patient's preference, between a first setting and a second setting, wherein the first setting includes incrementally increasing the treatment pressure from the sub-therapeutic treatment pressure towards the first therapeutic pressure for the second session and the second setting includes proceeding directly to the first therapeutic pressure for the second session.