Case Western Reserve University

Kingman P Strohl

Chung-Chiun Liu

Edward O'Connor

One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system that provides an alternative to traditional treatments for sleep apnea. The system allows to apply an electrical stimulus through an electrode to stimulate an afferent nerve fiber while a patient is sleeping. The system also includes activating an endogenous central nervous system (CNS)-regulated reflex response to coordinate upper airway muscles based on the stimulation of the afferent nerve fiber. Based on the endogenous CNS-regulated reflex response, an airway patency in the sleeping patient can be regulated.

System and method for ensuring airway patency when asleep

A multichannel wireless telemetry system is disclosed. The system includes a transmitter and a receiver in communication with the transmitter. The transmitter includes a signal processing chip. The signal processing chip includes a plurality of input preamplifiers, a plurality of selective second amplifiers, a subcarrier oscillator connected to the selective second amplifiers, a timing circuit connected to the subcarrier oscillator, a calibration circuit connected to the timing circuit, and a 1-of-several decoder connected to the timing circuit. Each selective second amplifier is connected to a different input preamplifier.

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Kingman P Strohl