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Inventor

Colin E. Sullivan

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1993

Associated with

Years active

1993

Total patents

1

Most recent

1993

Frequent collaborator

Christopher Lynch

Domains

consumer_electronicsmechanical

Activity by decade

1990s
1

Patents

1

Career timeline

1 patents, in 1993

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US 5199424·1993·Individual

How CPAP Machines Gradually Increase Air Pressure for Sleeping Patients

A 1993 patent describing a CPAP machine that lets patients choose how slowly the air pressure ramps up to their therapeutic level, making it easier to fall asleep.

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