Colin Sullivan (physician)

Colin Sullivan PhD, BSc (Med), MB, FRACP is an Australian physician, professor,[1] and inventor known for his invention of the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine in June 1980.

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).[2] Prior to the invention of the CPAP machine sleep apnea was often treated with radical measures such as tracheotomy.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Personal page on Sydney University Website
  2. ↑ Kathe G. Henke; Amanda J. Piper. "Sleep Pioneer Remembers the Early Days of CPAP". Retrieved September 1, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Sleepguide.com". Retrieved September 1, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Timeline of CPAP". Retrieved April 28, 2016.
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