Ventec Life Systems V-Home - V*Home Ventilation Modes Overview

Breath Types and Therapy Modes
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V*Home Ventilation Modes
V*Home offers nine congurable Ventilation Mode settings: Bi-Level, Spontaneous, Assist/Control-Pressure, Assist/
Control-Volume, SIMV-Pressure, SIMV-Volume, Vol. Targeted-PS, Vol. Targeted-PC, and Vol. Targeted-SIMV.
A breath period is the window of time used by V*Home to determine when mandatory breaths will be delivered to the
patient. A breath period is 60 seconds divided by the set Breath Rate. Breath periods begin at the start of a breath,
whether patient-triggered or mandatory.
Bi-Level Mode
Bi-Level mode provides the patient with two congurable levels of pressure: IPAP (above ambient) during inhalation, and
EPAP during exhalation.
NOTE: Bi‑Level ventilation is not intended for use with Mouthpiece patient circuits.
In Bi-Level therapy, the patient may initiate a spontaneous breath at any time at the set Flow Trigger. If the patient does
not initiate a spontaneous breath within a breath period, V*Home will deliver a mandatory pressure breath to ensure the
patient breathes at a minimum rate, set using the Breath Rate control.
Both spontaneous and mandatory breaths will be delivered at the set IPAP (above ambient). When a breath cycles,
V*Home will deliver the set EPAP.
Spontaneous Mode
Spontaneous mode is used with mouthpiece patient circuits only. All breaths are spontaneous (initiated and cycled by
the patient). When V*Home detects patient effort through the mouthpiece patient circuit, the set IPAP (above ambient) is
delivered. When a breath cycles, the pressure of the patient circuit drops to zero (ambient).
Breath Period
Mandatory Spontaneous Spontaneous Mandatory
IPAP
EPAP
Spontaneous
Spontaneous Spontaneous Spontaneous
IPAP
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SpontaneousSpontaneous