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. 2016 Mar 11;2(1):00004-2016. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00004-2016

FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3

Bench test setting for automatic continuous positive airway pressure (APAP) devices. a) System to simulate the breathing pattern and airway obstructions in patients with sleep disordered breathing. V′: flow; P: pressure; EP: exhalation port; PNT: pneumotachograph. Reproduced from [15] with permission from the publisher. b) Diagram of the different sleep sections in an example of whole-night simulated patient (see text for explanation).