Patent ID: 7797050
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. An implantable device, comprising: at least one sensor for use in detecting sleep disordered breathing; a pulse generator adapted to deliver a first electrical signal through at least one electrode to stimulate a neural target, wherein the neural target includes a superior laryngeal nerve, a recurrent laryngeal nerve or a vagus nerve, and wherein stimulation of the neural target induces a cough reflex; and a controller adapted to communicate with the at least one sensor and with the pulse generator, the controller being adapted to detect sleep disordered breathing using the at least one sensor and provide a therapy for sleep disordered breathing in response to a detected apneic event, the therapy for sleep disordered breathing being adapted to deliver the first electrical signal through the at least one electrode to induce the cough reflex to terminate the apneic event.