Method for Modifying Larynx Position by Trans-Positioning Muscle and Electrode Stimulation
AssigneeMED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
InventorWerner Lindenthaler
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Abstract
A method of modifying larynx position in a human subject includes cutting one end of digastric muscle, attaching the cut end of the digastric muscle to thyroid cartilage thereby trans-positioning the digastric muscle, providing a stimulation electrode configured to stimulate the trans-positioned digastric muscle, generating at least one stimulation parameter for the stimulation electrode using a processor, and stimulating the trans-positioned digastric muscle with the stimulation electrode using the stimulation parameter in order to modify the larynx position.
Claims8
A method of modifying larynx position in a human subject, the method comprising:
- cutting one end of digastric muscle;
- attaching the cut end of the digastric muscle to thyroid cartilage, thereby trans-positioning the digastric muscle;
- providing a stimulation electrode configured to stimulate the trans-positioned digastric muscle;
- generating at least one stimulation parameter for the stimulation electrode using a processor;
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- stimulating the trans-positioned digastric muscle with the stimulation electrode using the stimulation parameter in order to modify the larynx position.
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