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US 10,300,270 B2Granted
Device and method for the treatment of breathing disorders and cardiac disorders
AssigneeRespicardia, Inc.
InventorsMark Gelfand, Howard R. Levin
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Abstract
The present invention is related to an implantable medical device for treating breathing disorders and cardiac disorders by delivering stimulation energy to the phrenic nerve, hypoglossal nerves and cardiac muscle tissues.
Claims13
An implantable medical device for treating a patient comprising:
- a. a stimulator configured to provide electrical stimulation to a first lead system that includes a first stimulation electrode;
- b. the first lead system configured to transvenously place the first stimulation electrode in a first ranine vein near the patient's first hypoglossal nerve;
- c. wherein the stimulator is configured to stimulate the hypoglossal nerve using the first stimulation electrode in the first ranine vein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.