Patent ID: 11925804
Assignee: MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method for obstructive sleep apnea treatment, the method comprising:
delivering, with a first medical device that is implantable within a head or neck of a patient and coupled to a first set of electrodes implantable proximate to a first hypoglossal nerve within a tongue of the patient, a first electrical stimulation signal to the first hypoglossal nerve that causes the tongue of the patient to advance and includes information to communicate to a second medical device implantable within the head or neck of the patient and coupled to a second set of electrodes implantable proximate to a second hypoglossal nerve within the tongue of the patient; and
receiving, with the first medical device, a second electrical stimulation signal, delivered to the second hypoglossal nerve by the second medical device, that includes information that the second medical device communicates to the first medical device.