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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2018
Charles Lee Powell, Irving, TX (US);
Charles Lee Powell, Irving, TX (US);
VIVE SCIENTIFIC, LLC, Irving, TX (US);
Abstract
A system is provided to treat sleep apnea, with a method of use. The system includes a handpiece which includes at least one penetrating electrode configured to penetrate tissue and one or more temperature sensors. A processor is coupled with the one or more temperature sensors and the at least one penetrating electrode, and a memory is configured to store instructions executable by the processor. The instructions, when executed, are operable to emit, by the at least one penetrating electrode, RF energy from the electrodes to heat a region of a base of a tongue until a target energy is delivered to the region. The instructions are also operable to measure, by the one or more temperature sensors, the temperature of the region.