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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
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); A61H 23/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/0492 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61B 5/0492 (2013.01); A61H 23/02 (2013.01); A61N 1/36003 (2013.01); A61N 1/3606 (2013.01); A61N 1/36053 (2013.01); A61N 1/36171 (2013.01); A61N 1/0556 (2013.01); A61N 1/3611 (2013.01); A61N 1/36157 (2013.01); A61N 1/36175 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for treating a human subject having unilateral vocal cord paralysis includes providing a stimulating electrode configured to directly contact a recurrent laryngeal nerve or vagus nerve of the subjects, sensing electrical activity of a synkinetically reinnervated dysfunctional muscle of the subject, generating at least one stimulation parameter, using a processor, based on the sensed electrical activity, and stimulating the recurrent laryngeal nerve or vagus nerve, using the stimulating electrode, based on the at least one stimulation parameter. A system is also provided.