Patent ID: 7016736

Claim:
An apparatus for submental electrical stimulation of supra hyoid muscles at a floor of a mouth, comprising: an electrode being designed to be arranged below a tongue and above a mucous membrane covering the floor of the mouth, said electrode including a form body being made as one piece of plastic material, said form body being designed as a negative form of the anatomic shape of the floor of mouth in the region of the lower jaw are around the frenulum of the tongue such that said electrode may be supported in the region of the front lower jaw arc by the shape of said form body, said electrode including a bottom side and a surface portion being located at said bottom side, said surface portion being designed to be electrically conductible, said surface portion being designed to have the approximate shape of a “U” having two free legs, the two free legs being designed to surround the frenulum of the tongue from two sides, said bottom side having a shape which is coordinated with the anatomic shape of the floor of the mouth, said electrode being designed to be freely movable with the tongue and the floor of the mouth with respect to the lower jaw in a direction perpendicular to a bite plane.