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US 12,741,154 B2Granted
Respiration promoting apparatus and use thereof
AssigneeStimit AG
InventorsRonja Müller-Bruhn, Thomas Degen
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Abstract
A respiration promoting apparatus and a method for promoting respiration for coordinately stimulating a phrenic nerve of a patient for activating a diaphragm of the patient by a pulsating field that is produced by interference stimulation principles.
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A respiration promoting apparatus for co-ordinately stimulating a phrenic nerve of a human, comprising:
- a first field generator configured to generate a first spatial field having a first frequency and a first amplitude;
- a second field generator configured to generate a second spatial field having a second frequency and a second amplitude;
- a third field generator configured to generate a third spatial field;
- a fourth field generator configured to generate a fourth spatial field, and
- a controller configured to control the first frequency and the second frequency so that the first spatial field and the second spatial field constructively and destructively interfere with each other, thereby forming a pulsating field for stimulating the phrenic nerve,
- wherein the controller is further configured to adjust the pulsating field so that the phrenic nerve is positioned in the pulsating field,
- wherein the third spatial field and the fourth spatial field constructively and destructively interfere with each other to generate a further pulsating field so that a further phrenic nerve is positioned in the further pulsating field, and
- wherein the third spatial field and fourth spatial field constructively and destructively interfere with each other to generate a second amplitude-modulated waveform having a second interference pattern.
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A method for promoting respiration by stimulating a phrenic nerve of a human, wherein the method comprises steps of:
- generating by a first field generator a first spatial field having a first frequency and a first amplitude;
- generating by a second field generator a second spatial field having a second frequency and a second amplitude;
- controlling the first frequency and the second frequency so that the first spatial field and the second spatial field constructively and destructively interfere with each other, thereby forming a pulsating field for stimulating the phrenic nerve;
- adjusting the pulsating field so that the phrenic nerve is positioned in the pulsating field;
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- generating a third spatial field by a third field generator and a fourth spatial field by a fourth field generator, so that the third spatial field and the fourth spatial field constructively and destructively interfere with each other to form a further pulsating field for stimulating a further phrenic nerve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.