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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11951312 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2022

Method and apparatus for stimulation

Applicant:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventor:

Avram Scheiner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:

Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Carl H Layno

Assistant Examiner:

Anh-Khoa N Dinh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61N 1/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/389 (2021.01); A61B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3611 (2013.01); A61B 5/0004 (2013.01); A61B 5/0015 (2013.01); A61B 5/0031 (2013.01); A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/7264 (2013.01); A61F 5/566 (2013.01); A61N 1/025 (2013.01); A61N 1/36003 (2013.01); A61N 1/3601 (2013.01); A61N 1/36078 (2013.01); A61N 1/36125 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); A61N 1/37252 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/1116 (2013.01); A61B 5/389 (2021.01); A61B 7/023 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61N 1/36175 (2013.01);
Abstract

A medical device system and method are disclosed for treating obstructive sleep apnea. The system includes a pulse generator and a medical electrical lead including multiple electrodes carried by a distal portion of an elongated lead body. The method includes advancing the distal portion within protrusor muscle tissue below the oral cavity and delivering electrical stimulation pulses via the electrodes to sustain a protruded state throughout a delivery time period to sustain a protruded state of a patient's tongue throughout the therapy delivery time period. The therapy delivery time period may span multiple respiration cycles.

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