Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Respiratory
Patent
1996-03-13
1998-08-11
Jaworski, Francis
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Respiratory
600545, 128848, 607 42, 607134, A61B 508, A61B 504, A61N 1372
Patent
active
057920672
ABSTRACT:
An electromuscular stimulator that effects a beneficial medical purpose selected from the group consisting of mitigating snoring, mitigating obstructive sleep apnea, mitigating hypertension, dental analgesia, general analgesia, monitoring physiological conditions and facilitating the intraoral delivery of medication is disclosed. The electromuscular stimulator includes a first electrode for making electrical contact with a first anatomical structure selected from the group consisting of a hard palate, a soft palate and a pharynx; a second electrode for making electrical contact with a second anatomical structure; a control unit operably connected to the first and second electrodes; and a means for positioning the first and second electrodes relative to the first and second anatomical structures, respectively.
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