Detection and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea
AssigneeNeurostim Technologies LLC
InventorsHoo-min D. Toong, William C. Altmann
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Abstract
A treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (“OSA”) of a user includes affixing a patch externally on a dermis of the user, the patch including a flexible substrate, an adhesive on a first side adapted to adhere to the dermis of the user, a processor directly coupled to the substrate, and electrodes directly coupled to the substrate. The treatment includes detecting an occurrence of OSA and activating the patch in response to the detecting, the activating including generating an electrical stimuli via the electrodes to activate the genioglossus muscle of the user.
Claims22
A method of treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) of a user, the method comprising:
- affixing a patch externally on a dermis of the user, the patch comprising a flexible substrate, an adhesive on a first side adapted to adhere to the dermis of the user, a processor directly coupled to the substrate, and electrodes directly coupled to the substrate;
- detecting an occurrence of OSA;
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- activating the patch in response to the detecting, the activating comprising generating an electrical stimuli via the electrodes to activate a genioglossus muscle of the user, the electrical stimuli comprising square waves having an amplitude between 10 and 100 volts, pulse widths between 100 and 500 microseconds, and a pulse repetition rate of between 2 and 60 pulses per second.
A obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment system comprising:
- a patch adapted to be externally applied on a dermis of a user, the patch comprising a flexible substrate, an adhesive on a first side adapted to adhere to the dermis of the user, a processor directly coupled to the substrate, and electrodes directly coupled to the substrate;
- the processor, in response to detecting an occurrence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), adapted to activate the patch, the activating comprising generating an electrical stimuli via the electrodes to activate a genioglossus muscle of the user, the electrical stimuli comprising square waves having an amplitude between 10 and 100 volts, pulse widths between 100 and 500 microseconds, and a pulse repetition rate of between 2 and 60 pulses per second.
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