Paula M. Kaplan;Keith E. Jasperson;Christopher K. Thorp;Wondimeneh Tesfayesus;Thomas B. Hoegh;Bruce J. Persson;Sidney F. Hauschild;Robert E. Atkinson;Stephen L. Bolea;Brian D. Kuhnley
发明人:
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
申请号：
US13093534
公开号：
US08428727B2
申请日:
2011.04.25
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
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.
