Apparatus and methods for feedback-based nerve modulation
AssigneeNyxoah SA
InventorAdi Mashiach
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Abstract
A device according to some embodiments may include a housing configured for location external to a body of a subject. The device may also include at least one processor associated with the housing and configured to communicate with a circuit implanted in the subject within proximity to a tongue of the subject, wherein the circuit is in electrical communication with at least one electrode, receive a physiological signal from the subject via the circuit, and send a control signal to the implanted circuit in response to the physiological signal, wherein the control signal is predetermined to activate neuromuscular tissue within the tongue.
Claims13
A sleep apnea treatment device, comprising:
- a housing configured for location external to a body of a subject;
- and
- at least one processor associated with the housing and further configured to:
- communicate with a circuit implanted in the subject within proximity to a tongue of the subject, wherein the circuit is in electrical communication with at least one electrode;
- receive a physiological signal from the subject via the circuit and
- send a control signal to the circuit in response to the physiological signal, wherein the control signal is predetermined to activate neuromuscular tissue within the tongue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.