Glossary

Our glossary contains vocabulary frequently used to talk about our products and features on our site and aspects of our service.

• Volume
• VPAP
• Ventilation
• Usage
• Upper airway
• Tidal volume
• TiControl™
• Intubation
• Therapy pressure
• Snore index
• Sleep apnea
• Seal (or good seal)
• SDB (Sleep-Disordered Breathing)
• Respiratory rate
• Respiratory system
• REM sleep
• Ramp
• Rainout
• Radiated noise
• Polysomnography (PSG)
• Pulse rate
• Pressure port
• Pressure
• Periodic breathing
• Oximeter
• OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea)
• (NPPV) Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
• Non-REM sleep
• Noninvasive ventilation (NIV)
• NMD (Neuromuscular disease)
• Nasal pillow masks
• Nasal masks
• Mixed apnea
• Mouth leak
• Minute ventilation
• Lower airway
• Leak; leaking; leaking air or bad leak
• intelligent Volume-Assured Pressure Support (iVAPS)
• Invasive ventilation; Invasive therapy
• Inspiration time (Ti)
• Inspiration pressure
• Inspiration
• Hypopnea
• Humidification
• Full face masks
• Flow limitation
• Flow
• Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS)
• Expiration
• Event
• EPR™ (Expiratory Pressure Relief)
• Easy –Breathe™ technology
• Compliance
• CSA (Central Sleep Apnea)
• CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure)
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• Conducted noise
• CompSA (Complex sleep apnea)
• CO2 wash-out
• Climate Control
• Chest wall disorder
• BMI (Body Mass Index)
• Bilevel therapy
• AutoSet™
• ASV (Adaptive Servo-Ventilation)
• Apnea
• APAP (Automatic Positive Airway Pressure)
• What is AHI (Apnea–Hypopnea Index)
• What is AAV (Anti-Asphyxia Valve)