Patent ID: 11857333
Assignee: CLEVELAND MEDICAL DEVICES INC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method of treating a subject's sleep apnea comprising steps of:
providing a therapy to a subject using a PAP or CPAP device while sleeping, the PAP or CPAP comprising a flow or pressure sensor, and a processor both which are integrated into the PAP or CPAP device;
collecting data with the PAP or CPAP device from the flow or pressure sensor during a time period of the therapy;
analyzing with the processor the collected data to determine a quantified level of severity data based on the subject's sleep apnea symptoms during the therapy;
transmitting, in either order, both 1) the collected data and/or the quantified level of severity data to a cellular phone via a radio frequency wireless link; and 2) the collected data and/or the quantified level of severity data to the remote station from either a) the PAP or CPAP device via a cellular system, or b) the cellular phone to a remote station via the cellular system or the Internet for further analysis with a second processor or a server at the remote station and review of the collected data, the quantified level of severity and/or this analysis by a clinician, technician or physician; and
further determining the therapy efficacy data with either the processor of the PAP or CPAP device, the second processor or server configured with a second software at the remote station, or the cellular phone using the first software further provided to receive and display the quantified level of severity data and/or therapy efficacy data to the subject or a care provider.