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

Claim 0:
1. A system for addressing sleep apnea in a patient by selectively delivering an electrical signal to one or more anterior branches of a hypoglossal nerve of the patient, the system comprising:
an electrode array including one or more electrodes configured to be implanted at least proximate to the one or more anterior branches in an orientation, with at least a vector component of the orientation aligned along an inferior-superior axis of the patient, wherein the one or more anterior branches are distal of a medial branch of the hypoglossal nerve; and
a controller communicatively coupled to the electrode array and including one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of the controller, cause the controller to—
receive an input identifying a tissue collapse location within the patient;
based at least partially on the input, select one or more electrodes of the electrode array to deliver an electrical signal to individual ones of the one or more anterior branches to address tissue collapse at the tissue collapse location, and
deliver the electrical signal to the individual ones of the one or more anterior branches via the selected one or more electrodes.