Patent ID: 8700183
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61N,F04C

Abstract:
1. A sleep disordered breathing treatment device, comprising: an implantable circuit; at least one pair of implantable electrodes, electrically connected with the implantable circuit, wherein the circuit and the electrodes are configured for implantation in a subject proximal to a genioglossus muscle in the vicinity of a hypoglossal nerve; and wherein the circuit is configured to deliver to the electrodes an electrical signal having a current less than about 1.6 milliamps, and wherein the electrodes are configured to emit an electric field such that a portion of the field lines extend along a length of the hypoglossal nerve such that the delivery of the electrical signal of less than about 1.6 milliamps causes modulation of the hypoglossal nerve from a location spaced apart from the hypoglossal nerve and external to a blood vessel.