Method for adjusting a system for stimulating a hypoglossal nerve
AssigneeImThera Medical, Inc.
InventorsPaul M. Meadows, Marcelo G. Lima, Faisal N. Zaidi, Jasper Benke
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Abstract
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.
Claims20
A method for titrating a stimulation parameter for one or more electrode contacts in a system for stimulating a hypoglossal nerve of a patient, the method comprising:
- activating one of the one or more electrode contacts to stimulate the hypoglossal nerve of the patient;
- obtaining a first physiological measurement from the patient;
- comparing the first physiological measurement to a first predetermined target value;
- adjusting the stimulation parameter for the one of the one or more electrode contacts if the first physiological measurement differs from the first predetermined target value;
- wirelessly transmitting information to at least one of a display or a recording device regarding which of the one or more electrode contacts is activated, the information including an identity of the activated electrode contact and an amplitude of a current applied to the activated electrode contact;
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- generating at least one of:
- (a) a number of pulses configured to be delivered to an external device and indicative of:
- (i) the identity of the activated electrode contact or (ii) an amplitude scale of the amplitude, or (b) a voltage level indicative of the amplitude and configured to be delivered to the external device.
A system for treating sleep apnea using neurostimulation, the system comprising:
- one or more electrode contacts configured to be electrically coupled to a hypoglossal nerve of a patient;
- an implantable pulse generator (IPG) having at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory storing instructions thereon, wherein the IPG is configured to provide stimulation to the hypoglossal nerve via the one or more electrode contacts according to the instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
- activate one of the one or more electrode contacts to stimulate the hypoglossal nerve of the patient;
- obtain a first physiological measurement from the patient;
- compare the first physiological measurement to a first predetermined target value;
- adjust a stimulation parameter for the one of the one or more electrode contacts if the first physiological measurement differs from the first predetermined target value;
- wirelessly transmit information to at least one of a display or a recording device regarding which of the one or more electrode contacts is activated, the information including an identity of the activated electrode contact and an amplitude of a current applied to the activated electrode contact;
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- generate at least one of:
- (a) a number of pulses configured to be delivered to an external device and indicative of:
- (i) the identity of the activated electrode contact or (ii) an amplitude scale of the amplitude, or (b) a voltage level indicative of the amplitude and configured to be delivered to the external device.
A method of treating sleep apnea using nerve stimulation, the method comprising:
- implanting an electrode having one or more electrode contacts into a patient;
- electrically coupling the one or more electrode contacts to a hypoglossal nerve of the patient;
- activating one of the one or more electrode contacts;
- wirelessly transmitting information to at least one of a display or a recording device regarding which of the one or more electrode contacts is activated, the information including an identity of the activated electrode contact and an amplitude of a current applied to the activated electrode contact;
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- generating at least one of:
- (a) a number of pulses configured to be delivered to an external device and indicative of:
- (i) the identity of the activated electrode contact or (ii) an amplitude scale of the amplitude, or (b) a voltage level indicative of the amplitude and configured to be delivered to the external device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.