Posted by D.H. on September 03, 2011 at 09:18:22:In Reply to: HELP with Bipap AutoSV Advanced posted by saltwatertaffy on May 18, 2011 at 18:12:53:
It really is a $6000 machine, I got that from the internet. It's new and very expensive (my last CPAP was < $500 including integrated battery backup).
Therefore, I'm not surprised nobody has it (at least nobody posting here). Probably most people who use this machine are very ill just like the users of CPAP when it was first invented. In fact, the very first CPAP patient was a person who refused to get a tracheotomy, and the doctor (Collin Sullivan in 1981 in Australia) rigged one up because he didn't think that the patient would make it through the night.
It would be quite an accomplishment if that patient were still alive today. I don't know if he is, if someone does, please inform. He would be 63 now.