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Bilateral feedback

  • US 9,457,186 B2
  • Filed: 07/29/2014
  • Issued: 10/04/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for use with a body of a subject, the apparatus comprising:

  • an extracorporeal symmetry sensor comprising one or more induction coils, and configured to detect a symmetry-related factor indicative of a degree of symmetry of the subject using the one or more induction coils;

    a breathing sensor, configured to detect a breathing-related factor of the subject;

    at least a first electrode configured to be placed in a vicinity of a respective first hypoglossal nerve of the subject, and to be driven, in response to the detected breathing-related factor, to apply a first electrical current to the first hypoglossal nerve;

    at least a second electrode configured to be placed in a vicinity of a respective second hypoglossal nerve of the subject, and to be driven, in response to the detected breathing-related factor, to apply a second electrical current to the second hypoglossal nerve; and

    circuitry configured to, in response to the detected symmetry-related factor, configure at least one current selected from the group consisting of;

    the first current and the second current.

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