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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Med-el Elektromedizinische Geraete Gmbh, Innsbruck, AT;
Inventor:
Werner Lindenthaler, Oberperfuss, AT;
Assignee:
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH, Innsbruck, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36003 (2013.01); A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/3601 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of modifying larynx position in a human subject includes cutting one end of digastric muscle, attaching the cut end of the digastric muscle to thyroid cartilage thereby trans-positioning the digastric muscle, providing a stimulation electrode configured to stimulate the trans-positioned digastric muscle, generating at least one stimulation parameter for the stimulation electrode using a processor, and stimulating the trans-positioned digastric muscle with the stimulation electrode using the stimulation parameter in order to modify the larynx position.