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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2023
Applicant:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Francis A. Papay, Westlake, OH (US);
Abeer Kalandar, Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3611 (2013.01); A61N 1/36057 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a subject includes an incision step that includes making an incision adjacent to an earlobe of the subject; a dissecting step that includes dissecting anatomical structure of the subject to provide access to a glossopharyngeal nerve of the subject; and a coupling step that includes operatively coupling a neurostimulator to the glossopharyngeal nerve. The dissecting step includes dissecting a stylohyoid muscle and a posterior belly of a digastric muscle of the subject.