Take TenIn just ten minutes, we can show you ten intelligent ways to put a successful sleep therapy program together for many of your patients.

A sleeping threat to your patientsObstructive sleep apnea, or “OSA,” impacts the lives of tens of millions of

adult men and women globally. Unfortunately, most are unaware of their

condition and far too many cases are unrecognized and untreated. Those who

suffer with OSA stop breathing repeatedly during sleep because their airway

collapses as they relax. Many experience 30 or more of these apneas each and

every hour. This may dramatically compromise a person’s quality and quantity

of sleep, along with their quality of life.

The clinical importance of OSA diagnosisIn addition to feeling excessively tired and irritable, studies suggest that those

who suffer with OSA are at increased risk of developing comorbidities such

as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other serious health conditions as

their sleep continues to be interrupted. As a healthcare professional, you can

certainly appreciate the value of early diagnosis.

What we can do togetherWhen healthcare professionals such as you initiate the conversation about

OSA during routine visits with your patients and encourage those experiencing

symptoms to participate in a sleep study, they may be on their way toward

restored energy and health. Working with you as part of the patient care

team, sleep lab professionals diagnose OSA and determine therapy. Homecare

providers then set up and help familiarize your patients with their therapy, and

make sure equipment is fi tting and functioning properly. What we do is

provide the care team with intelligent solutions that include the Philips

Respironics Sleep Therapy System. Our new system not only delivers effective

therapy to help restore sleep, energy and quality of life for patients, but also

gives the care team essential information needed to manage patient care and

achieve long-term compliance.

Take TenIn just a few short minutes, we’ll walk through the benefi ts of the Philips

Respironics Sleep Therapy System. We’ll show you ten ways that it provides

smarter therapy for your patients and helps you make the most intelligent

patient management decisions possible.

An intelligent approach to sleep therapyPhilips Respironics provides you with a comprehensive sleep

therapy system that gives you the ability to provide your

patients with the most intelligent care possible. Our advanced

sleep therapy device is designed to be simple to operate,

yet sophisticated enough to know when, why and how your

patients’ therapy needs to be adjusted to provide the most

effective and comfortable therapy possible. To give you access

to vital patient data, our Encore patient management system

puts everything you need right at your fi ngertips – even while

your patient is sleeping. And because each patient has unique

features and needs, our full line of patient masks has been

developed to achieve the best fi t and comfort level possible.

Our variety of advanced therapy technologies – from CPAP to

bi-level and our proven Flex pressure relief technologies – help

your patient adapt to therapy and stick with it for long-term

results. It’s all an intelligent approach to patient care

that may lead to better health and better quality of life.

1. Managing your patients’ sleep

Intelligent sleep management starts with intelligent tools.

Encore is a software-based patient management system from

Philips Respironics and is part of the Sleep Therapy System.

It’s simple to use. It’s powerful in its ability to provide you

with essential patient data. And it can be indispensible in

helping you make smarter, more informed decisions about

each patient’s care. Here is just one example of

the intelligence that Encore puts at your fi ngertips.

2. Monitoring basic functions

The highly advanced Encore patient management system

tracks and reports patient compliance, therapy pressure

and more – including basic OSA events like the number of

apneas a patient experiences each hour. It also provides

you with information about mask leak which may indicate a

required adjustment to the mask or pressure. As a result,

you always have an accurate picture of your patient’s therapy

and know exactly what adjustments may be required.

3. Getting advanced notice

The system knows when patient therapy needs are

evolving – and it’s smart enough to make sure that you

know, too. The advanced event detection technology

monitors patient activity and detects when more complex

events such as clear airway apneas and periodic breathing

– such as Cheyne-Stokes Respiration – occur. These

events are often linked with comorbid heart conditions.

The reporting function promptly and automatically

updates the care team when a patient may require

changes in therapy, allowing you and your team to

respond quickly and effi ciently.

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Setting 1Target range: 40% – 50% RH

Setting 2Target range: 50% – 60% RH

Setting 3Target range: 60% – 70% RH

Setting 4Target range: 70% – 80% RH

Setting 5Target range: 80% – 90% RH

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4. Simplifying humidifi cation management

The new Philips Respironics Sleep Therapy

System has two advanced humidifi cation

features to provide maximum patient comfort

and to preserve the device’s performance.

The fi rst, System One Humidity Control,

preserves consistent humidifi cation levels – even

in changing environmental conditions. It analyzes

ambient temperature, relative humidity, and

fl ow to deliver the optimum level of humidity

while dramatically reducing rainout. The

second, Dry Box technology, keeps the water

source isolated from the inner workings of the

device, even during routine movement with a

fi lled chamber.

If you’ve had patients on pressure therapy

for OSA before, chances are you’ve heard of

Respironics Flex technology. Flex pressure

relief technologies have brought a new level of

comfort to every breath for millions of sleep

therapy patients around the world by making

pressure therapy as close to natural breathing

as possible. In fact, patients have shown proven

compliance of greater than four hours when

using Flex technologies.* CPAP, auto-CPAP

and bi-level therapy can all be made more

comfortable and natural for your patients

through Flex technologies. And that

contributes to better therapy, better

compliance, and better lives.

* Aloia, M.S., et al., Chest 2005;127:2085-2093

Bi-Flex pressure profi le

A-Flex pressure profi le

C-Flex+ pressure profi le

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5. Relieving pressure for proven compliance

6. Maximizing patient comfort

The real brains behind this intelligent sleep therapy system

is the unique, clinically-proven algorithm known as Digital

Auto-Trak Sensitivity. This highly sensitive algorithm is what

actually tracks and responds to each and every breath,

making the Respironics Flex pressure relief technologies

possible. Digital Auto-Trak detects the onset of inspiration

and expiration and instructs the device to provide just the

right amount of pressure relief at just the right moment.

The result is therapy that mimics natural breathing and

is as comfortable as possible.

7. Maintaining effective therapy

Short-term and long-term changes in the patient’s

condition often lead to many limitations with

traditional fi xed CPAP. Ideally, therapy would

continually adapt to changing needs and deliver

pressure in response to partial and total closure

of the upper airway. The Philips Respironics Auto

technology, using a uniquely sophisticated and

clinically proven three-layered algorithm, provides

subtle proactive and reactive adjustments to

achieve the required effect of therapy at minimal

pressure. The result is effective and comfortable

therapy over the short and long term.

Proactive Analysis

Peak Roundness Flatness Shape

Sophisticated three layered algorithm

Primary function

Periodic Breathing

Clear Airway Apnea80% reduction (for 10 seconds)

(Several minutes)

Comorbidity check

Obstructed Airway Apnea

(Several minutes)

80% reduction (for 10 seconds)

Hypopnea

(Several minutes)

40% reduction (for 10 seconds)

RERA >10 sec

Vibratory Snore

Safety net

REMstar Auto Algorithm

A sleep therapy system is more than a device; it is a comprehensive

system of software, hardware, tubing, and masks. System One

Resistance Control is software that knows how to optimize the

device’s pressure delivery for any Philips Respironics mask. With

simple settings, it instructs the therapy device to compensate for

variable resistance characteristics related to different masks. In

doing so, the device is always able to deliver the full benefi ts of

Flex comfort settings no matter which mask is used.

8. Optimizing the complete therapy system

Intended Pressure DeliveryActual Pressure Delivery

Intended Pressure DeliveryActual Pressure Delivery

Undoubtedly, the new Philips Respironics

Sleep Therapy System is our most intelligent

therapy system ever. In using this system,

you and the entire care team now can have a

wealth of vital information at your fi ngertips.

You can trust that there is one system hard at

work as an extension of your team, monitoring

and adjusting to your patients’ changing needs

throughout each night and providing them with

optimum ongoing care. It’s intelligent patient

care that can help to achieve better patient

outcomes. And that’s always #1 on our top

ten list.

Want to learn more?

Visit these useful resources:

www.sleepapnea.com

www.philips.com/respironics

www.philips.com/respironicsfl exfamily

9. Expanding your knowledge: resource links

10. Giving patients something they can live with

A therapy system is only effective if your patients

use it. Philips Respironics has gone to great

lengths to assure that the new Sleep Therapy

System not only performs well but is also intuitive

and easy to use, simple to maintain, durable, and

aesthetically pleasing. And we support that system

with a host of helpful educational materials that

you can provide to your patients, including

patient-friendly user manuals, product instruction

videos, and OSA therapy education materials.

These pieces have been developed to help

familiarize your patients with sleep therapy and

to help them to become comfortable with the

system. Like you, our goal is to help make their

therapy experience better and, ultimately, their

lives happier and healthier.

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