Stephanie

STEPHANIE ventilator uses the known forms of therapy as a base for a clinically meaningful extension of the ventilatory patterns of respiratory insufficient patients.
CPAP, S-IMV, S-CMV, CMV ( volume or pressure controlled with diverse inspiratory patterns ) constitute the foundations of the conventional therapy. On this base the Stephanie permits an extension of present modes of ventilation by a volume-flow-triggered assisting ventilation, and high frequency oscillatory ventilation ( HFOV ) through superimposing these on conventional modes of ventilation ( CMV/IMV or CPAP ).
Nevertheless New - STEPHANIE places new methods of assisted ventilation at the disposal of the physicians and for the first time provides the technical appliance prerequisite for a new form of ventilation usually named "Proportional Assist Ventilation" ( PAV ).
In a manner unknown until now, Stephanie permits the reduction of the resistive and elastic work of breathing ( resistive and/or elastic unloading ) with an extensively maintained pattern of spontaneous respiration: with equal respiratory effort, higher minute volumes can be respired. The aim of this method is a controllable and early change-over from controlled ventilation to IMV or CPAP.