Patent ID: 8588941
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61N,F04C

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: at least one pair of modulation electrodes configured for implantation in a sub-mandibular region and in a vicinity of a hypoglossal nerve to be modulated such that the electrodes are spaced apart from one another along a longitudinal direction of the hypoglossal nerve, the electrodes being further configured to facilitate an electric field in response to an applied electric signal, the electric field including field lines extending in the longitudinal direction of the hypoglossal nerve; a carrier sized and shaped for supporting the at least one pair of modulation electrodes in a manner permitting the at least one pair of electrodes to lie between a surface of a myelohyoid muscle and a surface of a genioglossus muscle, the carrier further including a portion configured to lie between a surface of a geniohyoid muscle and the surface of the genioglossus muscle; and at least one circuit, on the carrier, in electrical communication with the at least one pair of modulation electrodes and being configured to cause application of the electric signal applied at the at least one pair of modulation electrodes.