Yes, APRV is a trade name for airway pressure release ventilation on Draeger brand ventilators. However, one must think of airway pressure release ventilation as a specific application of biphasic breath delivery and not solely focus on the name of a modality.
Below are photos of various ventilator modes which one can simulate airway pressure release ventilation.
APRV- trade name for Evita series ventilators.
Bilevel- mode on the PB 840 used to mimic APRV
Bi-Vent- Servo-i ventilators, used to simulate APRV
DuoPAP+, this mode most resembles APRV in regards to initial settings. Hamilton ventilators.
