What is C-flex on BiPAP?
What is C-flex on BiPAP?
C-Flex is a comfort feature you will find on Respironics CPAP machines. This feature decreases the pressure when you exhale. The clinician will set C-Flex before you get your machine, but you will have the option to adjust the pressure relief to meet your needs.
What is C-flex on DreamStation?
DreamStation CPAP is a CPAP machine from Philips Respironics that delivers the best fixed pressure sleep therapy (between 4-20cm). C-Flex Pressure Relief: C-Flex Pressure Relief Technology is designed to offer greater comfort and compliance during sleep therapy.
What is the difference between a-Flex and C-Flex?
C-Flex lowers the pressure on exhale and quickly ramps back up to the prescribed pressure. A-Flex, available on Auto CPAP machines only, lowers the pressure on exhale and gradually increases the pressure during inhale. This allows for a more fluid breath.
How does C-flex work?
The goal of C-FLEX is the same as the goal of EPR – to make wearing CPAP masks more comfortable for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). C-FLEX accomplishes this by reducing air pressure sent into the airways prior to exhalation and restoring them to the prescribed settings just prior to inhalation.
Is AirSense 10 CPAP or BiPAP?
The AirSense™ 10 Elite is a premium fixed-pressure CPAP device offering integrated humidifier, cellular connectivity and advanced event detection.
What is REMstar Auto a-flex?
The REMstar Auto A-Flex is a CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) device designed for the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). It can deliver CPAP therapy or Auto-CPAP therapy. When prescribed for you, the device provides several special features to help make your therapy more comfortable.
What is an a-flex CPAP machine?
The machine adapts to meet the changing air pressure needs of CPAP wearers on a person-by-person basis rather than offering a one-size-fits-all approach to adjusting the airflow. A-FLEX. Moving beyond the abilities of C-FLEX on CPAP machines, AFLEX offers a more sophisticated analysis of breathing cycles and adjusts the pressure accordingly.
What is the difference between CPAP and bilevel devices?
Most Bilevel devices offer a high setting range of 25 cm H2O vs CPAP and APAP which typically top out at 20. Since exhaling over a constant pressure is one of the most challenging aspects of adjustment for the patient, BiLevel best serves those who require mid to high range inhalation pressure needs.
What are the Respironics features on my Philips CPAP machine?
The Philips Respironics features are known as it CFLEX, AFLEX or BiFLEX. ResMed refers to it as EPR (expiratory pressure relief) and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare offers the uniquely different SensAwake™. These comfort features have the ability to reduce or self adjust the machine pressure up to 3 cm H2o. Example: Your CPAP pressure is 10.
What is the best CPAP pressure for AutoCPAP?
In theory, an AutoCPAP should work set at the lowest pressure of 4 and the highest of 20, however some experts believe APAP is more effective if the range is tightened a bit closer to the average known cpap pressure needed by each patient. If APAP is challenging for you, bring this to the attention of your prescribing physician.
