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

Claim 7:
8. A method for addressing a patient's sleep apnea via an electrical signal delivered to one or more anterior branches of a hypoglossal nerve of the patient, the method comprising:
programming a controller for an implantable signal delivery device to—
receive an input identifying a tissue collapse location within the patient;
select, based at least partially on the input, one or more electrodes of an array of electrodes carried by an implantable signal delivery device to deliver the electrical signal to individual ones of the one or more anterior branches to address tissue collapse at the tissue collapse location, wherein the implantable signal delivery device has an orientation with at least a vector component of the orientation aligned along an inferior-superior axis relative to the one or more anterior branches and with individual electrodes of the array of electrodes positionable to deliver the electrical signal to a corresponding one of the one or more anterior branches; and
direct the electrical signal to the individual ones of the one or more anterior branches via the selected one or more electrodes.