
Patient comfort through synchrony
Advanced, predictive technology maximizes comfort
and synchrony over a wide range of breath rates
The ASV algorithm continuously learns the patient’s own
respiratory rate through high-resolution breath phase
mapping, maintaining accuracy even at lower breath rates.
The algorithm maintains synchrony with the patient’s
respiratory pattern by learning the rate at which the patient
progresses through each breath and dynamically predicting
inspiratory and expiratory durations. This enables the VPAP
Adapt to deliver pressure that reaches its therapy peak at
end-inspiration and its nadir by end-expiration, continuously
and smoothly. Additionally, the ResMed leak management
feature ensures greater synchrony by offsetting variations
and inconsistency due to leak.
Easy-Breathe for the most natural breathing comfort
Unique to ResMed, the patented Easy-Breathe waveform
delivers a smoother, more comfortable breathing experience
by replicating the natural wave shape of normal breathing.
Flow-limited breath
Time
Peak flow
Flow
MV = Vt x RR
Normal breath
Time
MV = Vt x RR
Peak flow
Flow
Tidal volume
Time
Peak flow
Flow
Flow measured with
split-second resolution
Pressure Support response based on minute ventilation
To successfully treat central and mixed apneas, minute
ventilation should be stabilized. This is best achieved by
constant monitoring of the patient’s breathing pattern,
minute ventilation and nimble adjustment of Pressure
Support to break the cycle of hyperventilation and central
apneas that occur during CSA.
The algorithm achieves this by detecting such apneic events
and quickly changing the Pressure Support to control events
and normalize tidal volume, thereby normalizing breathing.
Other ASV devices estimate the tidal volume based solely
on the peak flow. This can work if every breath is shaped
the same, but many breaths have a different flow profile.
As seen in the figures below, ventilation can change
substantially without any change to the peak flow of each
breath. For this reason, measuring minute ventilation
directly enables the most timely and effective pressure
changes and, therefore, the best therapy.
Ease of titration
Market-leading simplicity
Minimal settings with empirically selected default parameters
are designed to cover the broadest range of patient setups.
Unlike competing devices that require setting extra parameters
such as Rise Time, ResMed’s ASV reduces the need for
complicated customization during titration.
Late mid-inspiration
Time
Early end-inspiration
+
–
Tracking changes in patient’s respiratory rate and airflow
Flow
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