Patent 8249723 was granted and assigned to Huntington Medical Research Institutes on August, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention describes an apparatus, a system and a method for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. The treatment involves monitoring the position of the tongue and/or the force exerted by the tongue and electrical stimulation of the hypoglossal nerve to move the tongue into an anterior position or to maintain the tongue in an anterior position.