Philips REMstar Auto A-Flex - System Contents; System Overview

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• Therapy hours - The device is capable of recognizing the difference between the time the patient is actually receiving
therapy and the time when the blower is simply running. This screen displays the average amount of time the patient
is actually receiving therapy on the device over a 7 day and 30 day time frame (provided the device has at least 7 or 30
days of data respectively). If the device has only 5 days of data to use for the calculation, the 5 day average value will be
seen under the 7 day display.
• Blower hours - This screen displays the number of hours that the blower has been active over the life of the device.
• Days > 4 - This screen displays the cumulative number of device therapy sessions that exceeded 4 hours over a 7 day and
30 day time frame.
• Large leak - During any given night, the device recognizes the percentage of time the patient was experiencing what it
deemed to be a large leak. Large leak is dened as the level of leak that is so large, it is no longer possible to determine
respiratory events with statistical accuracy. This screen displays the average of these individual nightly values of
percentage of time in large leak over a 7 day and 30 day time frame (provided the device has at least 7 or 30 days of data
respectively). If the device has only 5 days of data to use for the calculation, the 5 day average value will be seen under the
7 day display.
• AHI - The device accumulates individual Apnea/Hypopnea indices (AHI) for each session the patient used the device. This
screen displays the average of these individual nightly AHI values over a 7 day and 30 day time frame (provided the device
has at least 7 or 30 days of data respectively). If the device has only 5 days of data to use for the calculation, the 5 day
average value will be seen under the 7 day display.
• Periodic Breathing - During any given night, the device recognizes the percentage of time the patient was experiencing
periodic breathing. This screen displays the average of these individual nightly values of periodic breathing over a 7 day and
30 day time frame (provided the device has at least 7 or 30 days of data respectively). If the device has only 5 days of data
to use for the calculation, the 5 day average value will be seen under the 7 day display.
• 90% Pressure - During any given night, the device recognizes the 90% Pressure achieved by the Auto Algorithm. 90%
Pressure is dened as the pressure at which the device spent 90% of the session time at or below. For example, if the
device recognized airow for 10 hours, and 9 hours were spent at or below 11 cm H
2
O, and 1 hour was spent above 11
cm H
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O, then the 90% Pressure would be 11 cm H
2
O. This screen displays the average of these individual nightly values of
90% Pressure over a 7 day and 30 day time frame (provided the device has at least 7 or 30 days of data respectively). If the
device has only 5 days of data to use for the calculation, the 5 day average value will be seen under the 7 day display. This
screen only displays in Auto-CPAP therapy.
• Reset data - This screen allows you to erase all 7 and 30 day averages, compliance data, therapy hours and patient
information on the device. Make sure that “Reset data” is highlighted on the info screen. Press and hold both the control
wheel and the Ramp button for at least 5 seconds. The device will beep once signifying that the data has been reset.
Note: Machine hours are not erased.
• Machine hours - This screen displays the amount of time that the machine has been active over the life of the device.
Note: Therapy hours and blower hours can be reset for new patients. Machine hours are not erased.
• Humidier - This screen will display 3 settings: power supply (either the 60W or 80W), tubing type, and either humidier
or tube temperature setting (if using).