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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventor:
Kingman P. Strohl, Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3601 (2013.01); A61N 1/0492 (2013.01); A61N 1/0502 (2013.01); A61N 1/0517 (2013.01); A61N 1/3611 (2013.01); A61N 1/36014 (2013.01); A61N 1/36057 (2013.01); A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.