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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2021
Medtronic Xomed, Llc, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Jeffrey P. Bodner, Plymouth, MN (US);
Avram Scheiner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Phillip C. Falkner, Minneapolis, MN (US);
James Britton Hissong, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Walton W. Baxter, III, San Clemente, CA (US);
Richard T. Stone, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert T. Sandgren, Lindstrom, MN (US);
Ryan B. Sefkow, Plymouth, MN (US);
Adam J. Rivard, Blaine, MN (US);
Medtronic Xomed, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
A first medical device for obstructive sleep apnea therapy includes therapy delivery circuitry coupled to a first set of electrodes implantable proximate to a first hypoglossal nerve within a tongue of the patient and configured to deliver a first electrical stimulation signal to the first hypoglossal nerve that causes the tongue of the patient to advance and includes information to communicate to a second medical device implantable within the head or neck of the patient and coupled to a second set of electrodes implantable proximate to a second hypoglossal nerve within the tongue of the patient; and sensing circuitry coupled to the first set of electrodes and configured to receive a second electrical stimulation signal, delivered to the second hypoglossal nerve by the second medical device, that includes information that the second medical device communicates to the first medical device.