Colin Sullivan (physician)
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Colin Sullivan PhD, BSc (Med), MB, FRACP is an Australian physician, professor, [1], and inventor known for his invention of the CPAP (Continuous Positive Air Pressure) in June 1980. [2] Sullivan’s development of CPAP was a product of his long-term interest in the upper respiratory airway and its role in SIDS (aka crib death or cot death). [3] Prior to the invention of the CPAP machine sleep apnea was often treated with radical measures such as tracheotomy. [4]
References
- ^ Personal page on Sydney University Website
- ^ "Sleepfoundation.com". http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/ask-the-expert/past-present-and-future-cpap. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ^ Kathe G. Henke, PhD & Amanda J. Piper, PhD. "Sleep Pioneer Remembers the Early Days of CPAP". http://www.sleepapnea.org/resources/pubs/pioneer.html. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ^ "Sleepguide.com". http://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/meeting-the-inventor-of-cpap. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
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