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Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual Page iii About this user guide Note This user guide is designed to be duplex-printed (printed on both sides of each sheet). If not printed in this manner, you will find blank pages in your printout. Note For purposes of this manual, some software screen images may differ from the actual screen display.
Page iv Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual Contents Introduction ....................1 Installation ....................2 System requirements ..................2 Installation procedure ..................3 Using the Sleep Apnea Therapy Software ..........6 Common procedures ................... 8 View compliance data ..................9 Email compliance data to clinician..............
Introduction The Somnetics Sleep Apnea Therapy software is intended for use by both patients and clinicians. Patients may use the program to view the therapy settings programmed into their device by their clinician, view the therapy history stored in the device, and send compliance data to their clinician.
Page 2 Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual Installation This section includes instructions for installing the Sleep Apnea Therapy software. • System requirements • Installation procedure System requirements The Sleep Apnea Therapy software is installed from a CD-ROM, which contains a setup program to help guide you through the setup and installation process.
OK. A dialog box similar to the one shown will appear notifying the user that the installation setup is ready to begin. Click Next> to begin the installation. Note Software and Transcend user manual updates can be download at http://www.mytranscend.com/resources...
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Page 4 Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual A destination folder for software installation will be recommended. To change the selected destination folder click Change and enter a new destination. Click Next> to continue. The install program will automatically name the program folder. To change the name of the folder, simply type a new file name in the text box.
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Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual Page 5 The Sleep Apnea Therapy Software will now initiate installation. A progress bar will appear indicating installation progress. Windows must be restarted to apply the changes to your computer following successful installation. To restart Windows automatically click Finish.
You must have the device connected to your computer with the USB cable in order to view compliance data. Note You must close all other open programs before launching the Transcend Sleep Apnea Therapy Software. There are two ways to launch the Sleep Apnea Therapy software: ♦...
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Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual Page 7 Click Patient. The program displays a patient screen (Fig 1). See Common procedures for information on how to carry out the most common procedures.
Page 8 Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual Common procedures This section presents information about the following common procedures: • View compliance data • Email compliance data to clinician • Adjusting data in compliance reports • View/send a device fault log •...
Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual Page 9 View compliance data Follow these steps to view compliance data. With a device powered and connected to the computer with the USB cable: • Click Patient. • Click View Patient Compliance (Fig 1). The program retrieves the available compliance data and displays a Compliance Overview...
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The Leak Summary section displays the average leakage, median leak, 90% leak in liters per hour, and 95% leak in liters per hour (L/h). Note Some of the reporting may show up as N/A or disabled depending on Transcend device type. Note Altitude change affects leakage and the Leak Summary section may report inaccurate results after a change in altitude.
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Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual Page 11 Click the Compliance Detail tab to display detailed compliance information for the selected date range (Fig 3). Scroll down in the Compliance Detail screen to view a graph of each therapy session (Fig 4). ♦...
Page 12 Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual The program displays a Save As dialog box (Fig 5). The default file name is <SerialNumber><Today’sDate>.p You may modify the file name in the File name field. The default storage location is Documents.
Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual Page 13 Adjusting data in compliance reports To change the date range of the compliance data report: a. Go to the Compliance Overview screen and select Report Range (Fig 1). Note: The Report Range button is also available on the Compliance Detail screen and on every screen during Patient Mode.
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Page 14 Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual c. Select the hours that will be shown on the compliance report (Fig 4). d. Click Apply Changes to Report. Note: Making changes to the compliance date range or the compliance report hours will apply to all reports in the software.
Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual Page 15 View/send a device fault log If faults have occurred on the device the program allows the user to view and send them to their clinician. Follow these steps to view and send the device fault log to your clinician: On the Patient...
Page 16 Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual Reset a device fault When you launch the Sleep Apnea Therapy software and connect a device which is in a fault state, the program displays the fault message along with the fault information. The fault message displayed is specific to the current fault state.
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Somnetics International, Inc. 33 5th Avenue NW, Suite 500 New Brighton, Minnesota 55112 USA http://www.mytranscend.com/ Phone: 651.621.1800 Toll-free: 877-621-9626 Fax: 651.204.0064 Sleep Apnea Therapy Software User Manual 103392 Rev B...
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