Methods and apparatus for controlling mask leak in CPAP treatment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8789526
APP PUB NO 20100180895A1
SERIAL NO

11921753

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A method of operating a device for treating sleep disordered breathing (SDB), wherein the device provides continuous positive airway pressure during sleep, includes determining whether treatment pressure at the patient interface is below a desired value, in response to the determining, increasing pressure generated by the flow generator, in response to the increasing, making a determination that the increase in flow generator pressure has resulted in less than a desired increase in treatment pressure at the patient interface, and in response to the determination, reducing or inhibiting further increase of the flow generator pressure.

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RESMED PTY LTD1 ELIZABETH MACARTHUR DRIVE BELLA VISTA NEW SOUTH WALES 2153

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Kwok, Philip Rodney Chatswood, AU 299 15481
Puckeridge, Larry Marrickville, AU 18 872
Reed, Nicholas Jerome Mount Colah, AU 27 665
Richard, Ron Poway, US 26 904
Richards, Glenn Clevedon, NZ 48 1243
Selvarajan, Karthikeyan Gosford, AU 91 4734

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