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Device, System, And Method For Treating Sleep Apnea

  • US 20110230702A1
  • Filed: 03/08/2011
  • Published: 09/22/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • providing a garment, which includes first and second electrodes both coupled to a power source and a controller, configured to locate the first electrode at a user'"'"'s temporomandibular joint area and the second electrode at the user'"'"'s chin area;

    wearing the garment to noninvasively locate the first electrode at the user'"'"'s temporomandibular joint area and the second electrode at the user'"'"'s chin area;

    supplying a current between the first and second electrodes;

    stimulating one or more of the user'"'"'s airway muscles based on supplying the current between the first and second electrodes; and

    opening the user'"'"'s airway, based on the stimulus, to limit sleep apnea.

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