Paul M. Meadows,Marcelo G. Lima,Stanley R. Craig,Faisal N. Zaidi,Monir M. Elias
申请号：
US14507989
公开号：
US20150119955A1
申请日:
2014.10.07
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
A system 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. The system 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.
