Patent ID: 11883668
Assignee: INVICTA MEDICAL, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A  H

Claim 9:
10. A method of directing an electrical signal to a patient to treat sleep apnea, the method comprising:
programming a wearable device to transmit power to a receiver device of a percutaneously implantable device having a charge storage capacity of no more than 5 minutes, via at least one wireless power transmission device of the wearable device; and
programming a pulse generator of the percutaneously implantable device to—
receive power via the receiver device; and
deliver, via at least one electrode of the percutaneously implantable device positioned to be in electrical communication with a medial branch of a hypoglossal nerve of the patient, an electrical signal, at least a portion of the electrical signal having a frequency in a frequency range of up to 100 kHz, to treat the sleep apnea.