Methods and apparatus for controlling mask leak in CPAP treatment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10342941
APP PUB NO 20140283836A1
SERIAL NO

14298115

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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 NSW 2153

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Kwok, Philip Rodney Sydney, AU 299 15429
Puckeridge, Larry Sydney, AU 18 869
Reed, Nicholas Jerome Sydney, AU 27 663
Richard, Ron Escondido, US 26 901
Richards, Glenn Auckland, NZ 47 1242
Selvarajan, Karthikeyan Sydney, AU 91 4719

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