Diagnosis and Prediction of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
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1. A tongue location monitoring system, comprising:
- one or more position circuits that respond to transmissions from a transceiver;
a transceiver that transmits to the one or more position circuits;
a control circuit coupled to the transceiver;
wherein said control circuit determines the location of a person'"'"'s tongue based on the responses of the position circuits; and
wherein either the transceiver or the position circuits are implanted in the person'"'"'s tongue or placed on the tongue, and the latter is placed outside the person'"'"'s head.
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Abstract
A tongue location monitoring system, including, one or more position circuits that respond to transmissions from a transceiver, a transceiver that transmits to the one or more position circuits, a control circuit coupled to the transceiver: wherein the control circuit determines the location of a person'"'"'s tongue based on the responses of the position circuits; and wherein either the transceiver or the position circuits are implanted in the muscle of the person'"'"'s tongue or placed on the tongue, and the latter is placed outside the person'"'"'s head.
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18 Claims
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1. A tongue location monitoring system, comprising:
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one or more position circuits that respond to transmissions from a transceiver; a transceiver that transmits to the one or more position circuits; a control circuit coupled to the transceiver; wherein said control circuit determines the location of a person'"'"'s tongue based on the responses of the position circuits; and wherein either the transceiver or the position circuits are implanted in the person'"'"'s tongue or placed on the tongue, and the latter is placed outside the person'"'"'s head. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of monitoring the location of the tongue, comprising:
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positioning either a transceiver or one or more position circuits as implants in a person'"'"'s tongue or on the tongue, and positioning the latter outside the person'"'"'s head; transmitting signals from the transceiver to the position circuits; receiving a response from the position circuits; calculating the location of the position circuits relative to the transceiver from the response; determining if an obstructive sleep apnea event is about to occur based on the calculated locations. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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