Combination sleep apnea treatment
AssigneeRestore Medical, Inc.
InventorsSusan Critzer, Timothy Conrad
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Abstract
A method for treating a patient diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea includes identifying a patient as having sleep apnea susceptible to a first positive airway treatment which is at a first operating pressure level in excess of that which is otherwise tolerable to the patient. The patient is treated with an airway treatment selected to alter a portion of an airway tissue of the patient. The patient is then treated with a second positive airway pressure treatment at a second pressure level, which is below the pressure threshold.
Claims11
A method for treating a patient diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, said method comprising:
- identifying a patient as having sleep apnea susceptible to a first positive airway treatment at a first pressure level in excess of a pressure threshold tolerable to said patient;
- treating said patient with an airway treatment selected to alter a portion of an airway tissue of said patient;
- treating said patient with a second positive airway treatment at a second pressure level less than said pressure threshold.
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