ResMed Launches Its First Nasal Mask with Memory Foam Cushion: AirTouch N20
AirTouch N20 uses the same memory foam cushion as the full face AirTouch F20 mask. The cushion doesn’t require cleaning when replaced on an appropriate schedule.
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LatestCombo CPAP/Filter Mask by Circadiance Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization
The product is a CPAP mask that was modified by combining it with an N95.
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Philips Amara View CPAP Mask
Philips Respironics releases its Amara View CPAP mask, a minimal contact, a full face mask that...
Younger Women Less Likely to Continue with CPAP Therapy
Most of what is known about CPAP adherence is based on participants in research studies, which generally include primarily middle-aged men, as well as those receiving care at academic centers.
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Philips Respironics Mask Selector Allows for Minimal Contact CPAP Interface Selection
CPAP mask selection is not always easy. And in the current COVID-19 climate, when many sleep labs are closed and patients are fearful of leaving their homes, mask selection can become even more challenging. The Philips Respironics Mask Selector offers a solution.
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ResMed Debuts MaskSelector for Remote CPAP Mask Fittings
ResMed has launched ResMed MaskSelector, a digital tool to make remote patient mask selection and sizing easier and more effective.
Read MoreSomnetics Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization for BiPAPs and Respiratory Circuits
The Minnesota-based CPAP manufacturer is supporting local and regional medical communities with an emergency supply of EUA BiPAP devices purchased by the state of Minnesota and South Dakota medical facilities.
Read MoreItamar Medical Funds Clinical Study to Evaluate Potential Impact of CPAP for COVID-19 Patients
Itamar Medical Ltd has funded a trial evaluating the use of CPAP to manage patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
Read MoreWhat Happens If CPAP Users Can’t Get Distilled Water?
A letter to the editor in The Jersey Journal expresses concern for people who use CPAP machines during the coronavirus pandemic and the challenges they may face if they are unable to buy distilled water.
Read MoreToronto Firefighters No Longer Allowed CPAP Machines at Work
The Toronto Sun learned that city firefighters who use CPAP machines while they sleep will be moved to day shifts, and their use no longer allowed in sleeping barracks.
Read MoreDo CPAP Machines Make Coronavirus Worse? A Doctor Explains
Prevention interviews Raj Dasgupta, MD, about best practices for CPAP use during the time of coronavirus.
Read MoreDoctor Works to Convert CPAP Machines to Respirators
Kathi Wilson, DDS, with the Center for Sleep Apnea and TMJ on Cascade Road started collecting CPAP machines, reports NBC 8 WOODTV.
Read MorePhysicians Design CPAP Device Filter to Slow the Spread of COVID-19
A pair of Yale and Harvard professors have co-designed a circuit device to make machines used by sleep apnea patients safer for use by those infected with the COVID-19 virus, according to the Yale News.
Read MoreMontgomery County Collecting, Sanitizing CPAP Machines to Help With COVID-19
A recording went out to the senior community in Montgomery County to donate positive airway pressure devices and the response was remarkable, reports WJLA.
Read MoreRutgers, NYU Create Sleep Apnea Machine Alternative to Ventilators and a Virus-Trapping Hood
The design will be available free to medical professionals and can be created quickly using readily available components.
Read MoreUK CPAP Production to Increase Due to COVID-19, Says GlobalData
“Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the use of CPAP machines as life support devices for coronavirus patients needing intensive care has been trialed in countries such as Italy and China.”
Read MoreMy Wife’s Breath Is Killing Me
Healthing’s Asking for a Friend column addresses a change in smell in breathe after a woman begins to use her CPAP for sleep apnea.
Read MoreHow to Adapt CPAPs into Emergency Ventilators, with Design from Auburn University
The Auburn design, called RE-INVENT, is an accessory that would safely repurpose a continuous positive airway pressure device into a functional ventilator.
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