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US 2013/0085545 A1Published application
Electrode Configuration for Implantable Modulator
AssigneeNyxoah SA
InventorAdi Mashiach
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Abstract
A device according to some embodiments may include an implantable flexible carrier and a pair of electrodes located on the carrier. The electrodes may be spaced from each other by a distance greater than 3 mm, and may be configured to cause, when supplied with an electrical signal, a unidirectional electric field sufficient to modulate at least one nerve.
Claims21
A sleep disordered breathing therapy device, comprising:
- an implantable flexible carrier configured for implantation proximal to a genioglossus muscle of a subject;
- and
- a pair of electrodes located on the carrier, wherein the electrodes are spaced from each other by a distance greater than 3 mm, and are configured to facilitate, when supplied with an electrical signal, a substantially unidirectional electric field sufficient to modulate a hypoglossal nerve.
A device, comprising:
- an implantable flexible carrier;
- and
- a pair of electrodes located on the carrier, wherein the electrodes are spaced from each other by a distance greater than 3 mm, and are configured to facilitate, when supplied with an electrical signal, a substantially unidirectional electric field sufficient to modulate at least one nerve.
A hypertension therapy device for affecting blood pressure, comprising:
- an implantable flexible carrier configured for implantation in a blood vessel of a subject in a vicinity of at least one of a renal nerve, a carotid baroreceptor, and a glossopharyngeal nerve;
- and
- a pair of electrodes located on the carrier, wherein the electrodes are spaced from each other by a distance greater than 3 mm, and are configured to facilitate, when supplied with an electrical signal, a substantially unidirectional electric field sufficient to modulate the at least one of a renal nerve, a carotid baroreceptor, and a glossopharyngeal nerve.
A head pain management device, comprising:
- an implantable flexible carrier configured for location beneath skin of a head of a subject;
- and
- a pair of electrodes located on the carrier and configured for implantation beneath skin of a substantially haired region of the head of the subject in a vicinity of an occipital nerve, wherein the electrodes are spaced from each other by a distance greater than 3 mm, and are configured to facilitate, when supplied with an electrical signal, a substantially unidirectional electric field sufficient to modulate the occipital nerve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.