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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2019
Applicants:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Sonosa Medical, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Amal Isaiah, Hanover, MD (US);
Jeffrey S. Wolf, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Stephen Restaino, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignees:
University Of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Sonosa Medical, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0826 (2013.01); A61B 5/14542 (2013.01); A61B 5/4818 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/6822 (2013.01); A61B 5/7405 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 5/7455 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0026 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0052 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0073 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system detects a hypoxic condition during an obstruction of an airway of a subject to detect and treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in the subject. The method and system includes an organ stimulating transducer configured for placement in a vicinity of an organ of the subject to stimulate the organ and remove the obstruction when OSA is detected.