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2. Does Medicare cover CPAP machines? - AOL

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   CPAP is an effective therapy for obstructive sleep apnea. Medicare plans offer coverage under certain conditions. Read about the process and costs involved.

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. Positive airway pressure - Wikipedia

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   The pressure required by most patients with sleep apnea ranges between 6 and 14 cm H 2 O. A typical CPAP machine can deliver pressures between 4 and 20 cm H 2 O. More specialised units can deliver pressures up to 25 or 30 cm H 2 O. CPAP treatment can be highly effective in treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.

6. 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

7. 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]