Modulator Apparatus Configured for Implantation
AssigneeNyxoah SA
InventorAdi Mashiach
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Abstract
An implant unit according to some embodiments may include a flexible carrier, at least one pair of modulation electrodes on the flexible carrier, and at least one implantable circuit in electrical communication with the at least one pair of modulation electrodes. The at least one pair of modulation electrodes and the at least one circuit may be configured for implantation through derma on an underside of a subject's chin and for location proximate to terminal fibers of the medial branch of the subject's hypoglossal nerve, such that an electric field extending from the at least one pair of modulation electrodes can modulate one or more of the terminal fibers of the medial branch of the hypoglossal nerve.
Claims27
An sleep disordered breathing therapy implant unit, comprising:
- a flexible carrier;
- at least one pair of modulation electrodes on the flexible carrier;
- and
- at least one implantable circuit in electrical communication with the at least one pair of modulation electrodes, wherein the at least one pair of modulation electrodes and the at least one circuit are configured for implantation through derma on an underside of a subject's chin and for location proximate to terminal fibers of the medial branch of the subject's hypoglossal nerve, wherein the implantable circuit and the electrodes are configured to cooperate in order to generate an electric field adapted to modulate one or more of the terminal fibers of the medial branch of the hypoglossal nerve.
A sleep disordered breathing therapy implant unit, comprising:
- a flexible carrier;
- at least one pair of modulation electrodes on the flexible carrier;
- and
- at least one implantable circuit in electrical communication with the at least one pair of modulation electrodes, wherein the at least one pair of modulation electrodes and the at least one circuit are configured for implantation through derma on an underside of a subject's chin, and wherein the at least one pair of modulation electrodes are configured for implantation at a location between the subject's geniohyoid muscle and the subject's genioglossus muscle and configured to cooperate with the implantable circuit in order to generate an electric field adapted to cause modulation of the subject's hypoglossal nerve from that location.
A hypertension therapy implant unit for affecting blood pressure, the implant unit comprising:
- a flexible carrier;
- at least one pair of modulation electrodes on the flexible carrier;
- and
- at least one implantable circuit in electrical communication with the at least one pair of modulation electrodes, wherein the at least one pair of modulation electrodes and the at least one circuit are configured for intravascular implantation in a subject in a location proximal to at least one of a renal nerve, a baroreceptor, and a glossopharyngeal nerve, and wherein the implantable circuit and the electrodes are configured to cooperate in order to generate an electric field adapted to cause modulation of at least a portion of the at least one of a renal artery, a carotid baroreceptor, and a glossopharyngeal nerve.
A head pain management implant unit, comprising:
- an elongated flexible carrier sized and configured for implantation beneath skin of a subject to extend from a first location of a substantially hairless region on one side of a hairline, across a hairline to a second location of a substantially haired region in a vicinity of an occipital nerve;
- an antenna located on the carrier for implantation in the first location;
- at least one pair of modulation electrodes configured on the carrier for implantation in the second location;
- and
- at least one circuit in electrical communication with the at least one pair of modulation electrodes;
- wherein the implantable circuit and the at least one pair of modulation electrodes are configured to cooperate in order to generate an electric field adapted to cause modulation of at least a portion of the occipital nerve through application of an electric field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.