Patient comfort is enhanced through various functions and modes. For example, softPAP pressure relief. This feature reduces pressure at the start of expiration and raises it back to the therapy pressure during the inspiration phase, facilitating expiration and prevent events. Additionally, the softSTART mode, characterized by a slow pressure increase over a preset time until therapy pressure is reached, supports falling asleep comfortably. This eases the adjustment to therapy pressure during the falling asleep phase.

Using Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT), the prisma20C can reliably distinguish between obstructive and central apneas. This allows the therapy to be tailored to the patient’s needs and provides the treating physician with information for indication-appropriate therapy decisions. The algorithm not only distinguishes between apneas and hypopneas, but also displays other events such as Cheynes-Stokes breathing, flow limitations, snoring and RERA events.