Patent ID: 6371112
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A system for prophylactic treatment of a breathing disorder, the system comprising a self contained CPAP device, said device being designed and constructed to:(a) maintain sufficient pressure in an upper airway of a patient such that collapse thereof is prevented; and (b) function independently of any item selected from the group consisting of a pump, a compressor, a pressurized gas cylinder and an electro-hydrolytic oxygen source; wherein said device comprises:(i) a mouthpiece insertable in a mouth of said patient; (ii) a breathing tube connecting between an outside environment and an interior of said mouth, said breathing tube containing at least one bi-directional pressure sensitive valve therein; (iii) at least one inflatable body, said at least one inflatable body functioning to adjust an internal cross sectional area of said breathing tube during a process of respiration, said at least one inflatable body further serving to regulate an air pressure within said mouth during said process of respiration; and (iv) a mask, said mask being in fluid communication with said at least one inflatable body and being designed and constructed to cover a nose of said patient, such that exhaled air is routed thereto.