Pacemaker for unilateral vocal cord autoparalysis
AssigneeMED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH
InventorWerner Lindenthaler
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Abstract
A method for treating a human subject having unilateral vocal cord paralysis includes providing a stimulating electrode configured to directly contact a recurrent laryngeal nerve or vagus nerve of the subjects, sensing electrical activity of a synkinetically reinnervated dysfunctional muscle of the subject, generating at least one stimulation parameter, using a processor, based on the sensed electrical activity, and stimulating the recurrent laryngeal nerve or vagus nerve, using the stimulating electrode, based on the at least one stimulation parameter. A system is also provided.
Claims20
A method of treating a human subject having unilateral vocal cord autoparalysis, the method comprising:
- providing a stimulating electrode configured to directly contact a recurrent laryngeal nerve or vagus nerve of the subject;
- sensing electrical activity of a synkinetically reinnervated dysfunctional muscle of the subject;
- generating at least one stimulation parameter, using a processor, based on the sensed electrical activity;
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- stimulating the recurrent laryngeal nerve or vagus nerve, using the stimulating electrode, based on the at least one stimulation parameter.
A stimulation system for a human subject having unilateral vocal cord autoparalysis, the system comprising:
- a stimulating electrode configured to directly contact a recurrent laryngeal nerve or vagus nerve of the subject and configured to sense electrical activity of a synkinetically reinnervated dysfunctional muscle of the subject;
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- a processor configured to receive the sensed electrical activity of the synkinetically reinnervated dysfunctional muscle and configured to generate at least one stimulation parameter based on the sensed electrical activity, the stimulating electrode configured to stimulate the recurrent laryngeal nerve or vagus nerve of the subject based on the at least one stimulation parameter.
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