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47 results about "Hypoglossal nerve" patented technology

The hypoglossal nerve is the twelfth cranial nerve, and innervates all the extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of the tongue, except for the palatoglossus which is innervated by the vagus nerve. It is a nerve with a solely motor function. The nerve arises from the hypoglossal nucleus in the medulla as a number of small rootlets, passes through the hypoglossal canal and down through the neck, and eventually passes up again over the tongue muscles it supplies into the tongue. There are two hypoglossal nerves in the body: one on the left, and one on the right.

Method of Stimulating a Hypoglossal Nerve for Controlling the Position of a Patient's Tongue

A method for controlling a position of a patient's tongue includes attaching at least one electrode to the patient's Hypoglossal nerve and applying an electric signal through the electrode to at least one targeted motor efferent located within the Hypoglossal nerve to stimulate at least one muscle of the tongue. Methods may also include the use of more than one contact to target more than one motor efferent and stimulating more than one muscle. The stimulation load to maintain the position of the tongue may be shared by each muscle. The position of the patient's tongue may be controlled in order to prevent obstructive sleep apnea.
Owner:IMTHERA MEDICAL

Method and system for treating sleep apnea

A system and method of treating sleep apnea by providing a first and a second microstimulator proximate to a first and second hypoglossal nerve (HGN) respectively and stimulating the first and second HGN for a first and second predetermined length of time. The first and second predetermined length of time may occur sequentially or concurrently. Moreover, the stimulation of the first and second HGNs may be at a sub-motor threshold afferent stimulation level or at a motor-threshold stimulation level. The stimulation of the first and second HGN may be performed in an open-loop or a closed-loop manner.
Owner:ALFRED E MANN FOUND FOR SCI RES

Method for Adjusting a System for Stimulating a Hypoglossal Nerve

A method for titrating a stimulation parameter for one or more electrode contacts in a system for stimulating a hypoglossal nerve of a patient includes activating one of the one or more electrode contacts to stimulate the hypoglossal nerve of the patient, obtaining a first and / or second physiological measurement from the patient, comparing the first and / or second physiological measurement to a first and / or second predetermined target value, adjusting a stimulation parameter for the one of the one or more electrode contacts if the first and / or second physiological measurement differs from the first and / or second predetermined target value.
Owner:IMTHERA MEDICAL

Apnea detection and early warning device and method based on smartphone and nose sticking type respiration sensor

The invention discloses an apnea detection and early warning device and method based on a smartphone and a nose sticking type respiration sensor and belongs to the technical field of health care equipment. The device comprises the nose sticking type respiration sensor, a smartphone unit and an electrical stimulation early warning module, wherein the nose sticking type respiration sensor is fixed on the nose of a user and provides respiratory rate and apnea time for the smartphone unit; the smartphone unit edits a personalized pulse stimulation sequence according to the apnea time and outputs the sequence to the electrical stimulation early warning module; the electrical stimulation early warning module amplifies a pulse signal and outputs the signal to an electrode, and hypoglossal nerves of the user are stimulated electrically. The adopted breathing nose sticker is comfortable and stable and does not affect normal sleep of a patient; an electrical stimulation signal is sent on the basis of an earphone jack of the smartphone, universality is realized, and a treatment module is simplified; the breathing state of the patient is monitored in real time, and electrical stimulation is performed instantly in case of a disease symptom.
Owner:BEIHANG UNIV
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