Diagnosis and Prediction of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• US 20140046221A1
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nyxoah SA
• Original Assignee: Nyxoah SA
• Inventors: Mashiach, Adi, Mashiach, Yossef
• Application Number:
  US14/041,460
• Publication Number:
  US 20140046221A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/590
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0004 characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0036 including treatment, e.g., using an implantable medical device, ablating, ventilating
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4519 Muscles A61B5/389, A61B5/224 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4552 Evaluating soft tissue within the mouth, e.g. gums or tongue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4818 Sleep apnoea
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4836 Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods A61B5/0036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/682 Mouth, e.g., oral cavity; tongue; Lips; Teeth
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6822 Neck
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6833 Adhesive patches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/686 Permanently implanted devices, e.g. pacemakers, other stimulators, biochips A61B5/6861 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/566 Intra-oral devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0548 Oral electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36003 of motor muscles, e.g. for walking assistance
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/3601 of respiratory organs

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.

Claims

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.

2-18. -18. (canceled)