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US 8,574,164 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for detecting a sleep disordered breathing precursor
AssigneeNyxoah SA
InventorAdi Mashiach
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Abstract
A device according to some embodiments may include a primary antenna configured to be located external to a subject. The device may also include at least one processor in electrical communication with the primary antenna and configured to receive a condition signal from an implantable device, the condition signal indicative of a precursor to sleep disordered breathing, and cause transmission of a primary signal from the primary antenna to the implantable device, in response to the condition signal, to stimulate at least one nerve in response to the precursor to sleep disordered breathing.
Claims24
A device, comprising:
- a primary antenna configured to be located external to a subject;
- and
- at least one processor in electrical communication with the primary antenna, the at least one processor configured to:
- receive a condition signal from an implantable device;
- determine whether the condition signal is indicative of a precursor to sleep disordered breathing;
- and
- cause transmission of a primary signal from the primary antenna to the implantable device, to stimulate at least one nerve, in response to a determination that the condition signal is indicative of a precursor to sleep disordered breathing.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, via a primary antenna located external to a body of a subject, a condition signal from an implantable device;
- determining whether the condition signal is indicative of a precursor to sleep disordered breathing;
- and
- transmitting a primary signal from the primary antenna to the implantable device, to stimulate at least one nerve, in response to a determination that the condition signal is indicative of a precursor to sleep disordered breathing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.