Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Obstructive sleep apnea treatment devices, systems and methods
- Patent Title (中): 阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停治疗装置，系统和方法
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Application No.: US13093534Application Date: 2011-04-25
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Publication No.: US08428727B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Stephen L. Bolea , Thomas B. Hoegh , Bruce J. Persson , Robert E. Atkinson , Sidney F. Hauschild , Paula M. Kaplan , Brian D. Kuhnley , Keith E. Jasperson , Wondimeneh Tesfayesus , Christopher K. Thorp
- Applicant: Stephen L. Bolea , Thomas B. Hoegh , Bruce J. Persson , Robert E. Atkinson , Sidney F. Hauschild , Paula M. Kaplan , Brian D. Kuhnley , Keith E. Jasperson , Wondimeneh Tesfayesus , Christopher K. Thorp
- Applicant Address: US MN St. Paul
- Assignee: Apnex Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apnex Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN St. Paul
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method for maintaining patency of an upper airway of a patient to treat obstructive sleep apnea may include delivering an electrical stimulation to a portion of a superior laryngeal nerve via a nerve cuff when the nerve cuff is adjacent an external surface of the superior laryngeal nerve, the nerve cuff having a plurality of electrodes, wherein the nerve cuff is configured to be connected to an electrical stimulator via a stimulation lead.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110202106A1 OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA TREATMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2011-08-18
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