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The hypoglossal nerve stimulator is a novel strategy for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. [1] [2] It has been gaining popularity over the last few decades and was approved in Europe in 2013 and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in April 2014. [3]
Inspire is a hypoglossal nerve stimulator (HNS) to treat obstructive sleep apnea. It is an implantable device that stimulates nerves controlling the tongue. The device causes the tongue to move ...
Natalie Boller, 63, has a Genio Nyxoah bilateral hypoglossal nerve stimulator implant fitted for obstructive sleep apnoea (Lucy North/PA Wire) Both devices stimulate the hypoglossal nerve, which ...
Hypoglossal nerve stimulation, an option for some patients who have obstructive sleep apnea [28] Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) for the treatment of incontinence. Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS, which refers to simulation of nerves beyond the spine or brain, and may be considered to include occipital or sacral nerve stimulation)
The hypoglossal nerve provides motor control of the extrinsic muscles of the tongue: genioglossus, hyoglossus, styloglossus, and the intrinsic muscles of the tongue. [2] These represent all muscles of the tongue except the palatoglossus muscle, which is innervated by the vagus nerve. [2] The hypoglossal nerve is of a general somatic efferent ...
Patients with a common sleep disorder have been fitted with an app-controlled device that zaps the nerves in the tongue to help them breathe overnight in a UK first. The technology could spell the ...
Hypoglossal nerve stimulator This page was last edited on 17 April 2013, at 11:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4 ...
The weight loss drug Zepbound, generically known as tirzepatide, is also now an approved medication to treat obstructive sleep apnea, per a Food and Drug Administration Dec. 20 press release.. The ...