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]

References

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