Systems and methods for determining a sleep disorder based on positioning of the tongue

US8577472B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Nyxoah SA · BE

Inventors

• Adi Mashiach · Court-Saint-Etienne, BE
• Carsten Mueller · Sankt Ingbert, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2012
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 28, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F04C2270/0421
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices and methods are disclosed that include an external unit comprising at least one processor. The processor may be configured to receive a signal indicative of tongue movement in a subject from an implant unit implanted in the subject, determine whether the tongue movement is representative of sleep disordered breathing, generate a modulation control signal to correct the sleep disordered breathing when the at least one processor determines an occurrence of sleep disordered breathing.