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Apparatus and methods for assisting breathing

  • US 10,702,445 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2018
  • Issued: 07/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating a subject comprising:

  • (a) sensing an onset of the subject'"'"'s expiratory phase of breathing; and

    (b) delivering a stimulus to the subject'"'"'s thorax or abdomen during at least part of the expiratory phase of breathing in response to said sensing, said stimulus effective to cause a contraction in the subject'"'"'s abdominal muscle so as to assist the subject with ventilation, wherein at least one of the sensing and delivering is carried out by one or more implanted sensors and/or implanted device adapted to deliver a stimulus.

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