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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2014
Med-el Elektromedizinische Geraete Gmbh, Innsbruck, AT;
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH, Innsbruck, AT;
Abstract
A system for stimulating facial nerves in a subject includes an electrode having a plurality of contacts configured to be placed in a parotid region of the subject's face and a processor in communication with the electrode. The processor has program code for stimulating one or more facial nerve branches by stimulating each of the plurality of contacts separately in order to determine which nerve branch activates which facial muscle, for identifying one or more contacts from the plurality of contacts that cause the one or more nerve branches to activate a desired facial muscle, and for selecting the identified contacts to stimulate the one or more nerve branches.