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US 2024/0189598 A1Published application
Method for accessing the glossopharyngeal nerve
AssigneeThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation
InventorsFrancis A. Papay, Abeer Kalandar
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Abstract
A method of treating a subject includes an incision step that includes making an incision adjacent to an earlobe of the subject; a dissecting step that includes dissecting anatomical structure of the subject to provide access to a glossopharyngeal nerve of the subject; and a coupling step that includes operatively coupling a neurostimulator to the glossopharyngeal nerve. The dissecting step includes dissecting a stylohyoid muscle and a posterior belly of a digastric muscle of the subject.
Claims20
A method of treating a subject, the method comprising:
- an incision step that includes making an incision adjacent to an earlobe of the subject;
- a dissecting step that includes dissecting anatomical structure of the subject to provide access to a glossopharyngeal nerve of the subject, wherein the dissecting step includes dissecting a stylohyoid muscle and a posterior belly of a digastric muscle of the subject;
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- a coupling step that includes operatively coupling a neurostimulator to the glossopharyngeal nerve.
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