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2. CPAP replacement works well for the overweight, not obese ...

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   An implant for obstructive sleep apnea — a serious sleep malady in which breathing stops for 10 seconds to two minutes many times an hour each night — works best in people who are overweight ...

3. Does Medicare Cover Inspire for Sleep Apnea? - AOL

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   For Original Medicare to cover Inspire for obstructive sleep apnea, you must meet the indications outlined by Medicare: be age 22 or older body mass index (BMI) of less than 35

4. What Is Sleep Apnea? Your Complete Guide - AOL

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   A CPAP machine is the most common sleep apnea treatment. It delivers continuous air pressure as you inhale and exhale. Auto-adjusting positive airway pressure (APAP) machine.

5. Respironics - Wikipedia

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   McGinnis developed the "Nasal CPAP Mask System," a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine for the treatment of sleep apnea, [3] based on the original 1981 design by Dr. Colin Sullivan. [4] After receiving FDA approval in 1984, Respironics began selling the first commercially available CPAP machine a year later. [5]

6. Colin Sullivan (physician) - Wikipedia

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   Colin Sullivan AO FAA is an Australian physician, professor, [1] and inventor known for his invention of the nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine for the treatment of sleep apnea. Sullivan began studying sleep apnea in the late 1970s. In 1981 he published a design for the first CPAP machine in The Lancet. He helped make CPAP ...

7. Continuous positive airway pressure - Wikipedia

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   CPAP is the most effective treatment for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, in which the mild pressure from the CPAP prevents the airway from collapsing or becoming blocked. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] CPAP has been shown to be 100% effective at eliminating obstructive sleep apneas in the majority of people who use the therapy according to the ...