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This patent is a reissue of patent
US5065756
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 Title: |
USRE35339:
Method and apparatus for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Rapoport, David M.; New York, NY
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| Assignee: |
New York University, New York, NY
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| Published / Filed: |
1996-10-01
/ 1992-08-28
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| Application Number: |
US1992000936675
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61M 16/06;
A61M 16/00;
IPC-7:
A61M 16/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61M16/06; K61M16/00M6; K61M16/06S; K61M210/06C;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/204.18;
128/205.24;
128/205.25;
128/207.13;
Original:
128/204.18;
128/205.25;
128/205.24;
128/207.13;
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| Field of Search: |
128/204.18,204.21,204.23,205.25,205.24,207.13
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| Priority Number: |
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| Abstract: |
A method and apparatus for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea wherein a continuous positive pressure is supplied to a nose mask from a threshold valve via a flexible tube, and air is discharged from the mask via vent holes in the mask for rapid discharge of exhaled air.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Rosen, Dainow & Jacobs ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Lewis, Aaron J.;
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| INPADOC Legal Status: |
None
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| Foreign References: |
None
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| Other Abstract Info: |
DERABS G1991-361004
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| Other References: |
12 Single-Sided 8 1/2×11 Pages of Respironics Inc. Sales Literature (some pages dated Aug. 1, 1986).
1 Double-Sided 8 1/2×11 Page of Respironics Inc. Sleep Easy.TM. Nasal CPAP Sanders' CPAP Circuit Operating Instructions dated Sep. 16, 1986 on second side.
1 Double-Sided 8 1/2×14 Page of Respironics Inc. Sleep Easy.TM. Nasal CPAP Sanders' CPAP Circuit Operating Instructions dated Jan. 4, 1988 on second side.
Respironics, SleepEasy Sanders' CPAP circuit, alleged to be 1987.
Respironics, Inc., SleepEasy II, Nasal CPAP System, Clinical Instruction manual, alleged to be 1987.
Respironics, Inc., SleepEasy II, Nasal CPAP System, Dealer Service Manual, aleged to be 1987.
Practice of Sleep Disorders Medicine--State of the Art 1987, ASDC/ISS Annual Meeting, Sep. 10-13, 1987, San Francisco, CA.
Practice of Sleep Disorders Medicine--State of the Art 1987, ASDC/CSS, Annual Meeting, Sep. 10-13, 1987, San Francisco, CA.
Nasal Airway Positive Pressure in Patients with Occlusive Sleep Apnea, Methods and Feasibility, James A. Sterline, Bjorn Thorarinsson, and Samuel T. Kuna, (pp. 1152-1155).
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, A new system, M. A. Branthwaite, I. C. W. English and E. A. Shinebourne, Anaesthesia, 1974, vol. 29, pp. 326-334.
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NightBird Nasal CPAP System Instruction Manual, alleged to be Mar. 1987.
--Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: A Breathing System To Minimize Respiratory Work--David R. Hillman, FFARACS: Kevin E. Finucane, FRACP, vol. 13, No. 1., Jan., 1985.
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