Patent ID: 11964154
Assignee: INVICTA MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. The method of claim 8 wherein—
each of the one or more anterior branches innervates a muscular compartment of the patient's genioglossus muscle,
the input is indicative of the tissue collapse location including a retropalatal portion and a retrolingual portion of the patient's airway, and
programming includes programming the controller to direct the electrical signal to the individual ones of the one or more anterior branches to cause the corresponding muscular compartments to contract and thereby move corresponding surface portions of the patient's tongue to—
increase airflow through the retropalatal portion of the patient's airway,
increase airflow through the retrolingual portion of the patient's airway, and
at least partially reduce a pressure from at least a portion of the patient's tongue on the patient's soft palate.