Multi-device obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment

US11925804B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic Xomed, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey P. Bodner · Windom, US
• Avram Scheiner · Vadnais Heights, US
• Phillip C. Falkner · Minneapolis, US
• James Britton Hissong · Jacksonville, US
• Walton W. Baxter, III · San Clemente, US
• Richard T. Stone · Minneapolis, US
• Robert T. Sandgren · Minneapolis, US
• Ryan Sefkow · Carver, US
• Adam J. Rivard · Blaine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 3, 2021
• Grant date: Mar 12, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/37288
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A first medical device for obstructive sleep apnea therapy includes therapy delivery circuitry coupled to a first set of electrodes implantable proximate to a first hypoglossal nerve within a tongue of the patient and configured to deliver a first electrical stimulation signal to the first hypoglossal nerve that causes the tongue of the patient to advance and includes information to communicate to a second medical device implantable within the head or neck of the patient and coupled to a second set of electrodes implantable proximate to a second hypoglossal nerve within the tongue of the patient; and sensing circuitry coupled to the first set of electrodes and configured to receive a second electrical stimulation signal, delivered to the second hypoglossal nerve by the second medical device, that includes information that the second medical device communicates to the first medical device.