1. Bench test setting for automatic continuous positive airway pressure (APAP) devices. a) System to simulate the breathing pattern and airway obstructions in patients with sleep disordered breathing.
Bench test setting for automatic continuous positive airway pressure (APAP) devices. a) System to simulate the breathing pattern and airway obstructions in patients with sleep disordered breathing. V′: flow; P: pressure; EP: exhalation port; PNT: pneumotachograph. Reproduced from [15] with permission from the publisher. b) Diagram of the different sleep sections in an example of whole-night simulated patient (see text for explanation).
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