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Modulator apparatus configured for implantation

US8577465B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Nyxoah SA · BE

Inventor

Adi Mashiach · Court-Saint-Etienne, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2012
Grant date	Nov 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF04C2270/0421
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An implant unit according to some embodiments may include a flexible carrier, at least one pair of modulation electrodes on the flexible carrier, and at least one implantable circuit in electrical communication with the at least one pair of modulation electrodes. The at least one pair of modulation electrodes and the at least one circuit may be configured for implantation through derma on an underside of a subject's chin and for location proximate to terminal fibers of the medial branch of the subject's hypoglossal nerve, such that an electric field extending from the at least one pair of modulation electrodes can modulate one or more of the terminal fibers of the medial branch of the hypoglossal nerve.

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