Responsive to waking moments.
SensAwake™ provides fast and effective pressure relief when the patient needs it the most - while transitioning from sleep to wake. This allows the patient to experience a more comfortable and restful night's sleep.
Patients commonly arouse from sleep which can sometimes lead to a full awakening. During these awake states, many patients are intolerant of the delivered pressure1 which may force them to prematurely abandon CPAP therapy for the night. It is therefore important to provide as much comfort as possible during these awake states to help facilitate the return to sleep.
SensAwake™ does this by searching for a pattern of irregular breathing which occurs at the transition from sleep to awake, as shown in the flow signal below. SensAwake™ senses this irregularity in flow and promptly reduces the pressure to aid the transition back to sleep2.
1. Engleman HM et al. Chest 1996; 109: 1470-6
2. Ayappa I et al. Sleep 2009; 32(1): 99-104