FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: system is configured to supply a stream of respiratory gas under pressure to the respiratory tract of the subject. The said pressure support system comprises: a pressure generator configured to generate a respiratory gas stream under pressure; a subject interface adapted to transmit a respiratory gas stream under pressure to the respiratory tract of the subject; one or more sensors configured to generate output signals carrying information associated with one or more gas parameters of the respiratory gas stream under pressure; one or more processors configured to control the pressure generator operation to generate a pressurized gas stream based on the output signals of one or more sensors in accordance with a positive pressure maintenance therapy mode; a portable power supply, able to supply the pressure generator, one or more sensors, and one or more processors; a housing configured to receive the pressure generator, the subject interface, one or more sensors, one or more processors, and the power source; and a handle attached to the body and/or formed by the body, configured to be grasped by the patient to hold the body in some position relative to the subject's respiratory tract as the respiratory gas stream under pressure is supplied to the respiratory tract of the subject.
EFFECT: improvement of the device.
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