11-09-2024, 02:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-09-2024, 02:35 AM by 2SleepBetta.
Edit Reason: Correct spelling of 2SB
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Does Aircurve Vauto mirror the A10 Auotoset, simply extend EPR?
SleepRider posted in the context of Deborah K.'s thread as here :
"Bilevel is the CPAP everyone should have. Resmed made their CPAP a bilevel, but limited to 3-cm of pressure support (EPR). So why doesn't everyone get bilevel? Simply the cost that insurance chooses not to pay. Why is bilevel more expensive? Because that is the manufacturer business model, the equipment is identical except for firmware (programming)." [2SB emphasis added]
Is it known or generally considered to be true—all other things being equal and ideal—that within the effective therapy range of the Resmed AirSense Autoset's EPR, the Autoset and the Resmed AirCurve Vauto would sense and record identical sleep metrics? It seems the firmware difference SR cites must simply prevent Autoset pressure support greater than 3.0-cmH20.
(In a bygone day, we once called in IBM to increase speed of our—my employers'—tractor feed printer for their then-punchcard driven IBM System 3 computer. One small part was removed from the printer. The lease rate was immediately bumped up, but at least there was an increased wear factor to justify some increase.)
"Bilevel is the CPAP everyone should have. Resmed made their CPAP a bilevel, but limited to 3-cm of pressure support (EPR). So why doesn't everyone get bilevel? Simply the cost that insurance chooses not to pay. Why is bilevel more expensive? Because that is the manufacturer business model, the equipment is identical except for firmware (programming)." [2SB emphasis added]
Is it known or generally considered to be true—all other things being equal and ideal—that within the effective therapy range of the Resmed AirSense Autoset's EPR, the Autoset and the Resmed AirCurve Vauto would sense and record identical sleep metrics? It seems the firmware difference SR cites must simply prevent Autoset pressure support greater than 3.0-cmH20.
(In a bygone day, we once called in IBM to increase speed of our—my employers'—tractor feed printer for their then-punchcard driven IBM System 3 computer. One small part was removed from the printer. The lease rate was immediately bumped up, but at least there was an increased wear factor to justify some increase.)
I have no particular qualifications or expertise with respect to the apnea/cpap/sleep related content of my posts beyond my own user experiences and what I've learned from others on this site. Each of us bears the burden of evaluating the validity and applicability of what we read here before acting on it.
Of my 3 once-needed, helpful, and adjunctive devices I have listed, only the accelerometer remains operative (but now idle). My second CMS50I died, too, of old age and the so-so Dreem 2 needs head-positioning band repair--if, indeed, Dreem even supports use of it now.
Of my 3 once-needed, helpful, and adjunctive devices I have listed, only the accelerometer remains operative (but now idle). My second CMS50I died, too, of old age and the so-so Dreem 2 needs head-positioning band repair--if, indeed, Dreem even supports use of it now.
