An implant for sleep apnea is one of the few CPAP alternatives. This article compares hypoglossal nerve stimulation and ...

Inspire initiated a recall of its IV ... configured by a physician and delivers mild electrical stimulation to the hypoglossal nerve, which controls tongue muscles, to maintain airway patency ...

Inspire offers a small surgically implantable device that delivers mild stimulation to the patient’s hypoglossal nerve which causes the patient’s tongue to move forward, opening the airway.

This may help you exhale more easily. For treatment resistant cases a surgical device called Inspire (hypoglossal nerve surgery) can be implanted. it works by keeping a patient's airway open by ...

Both devices stimulate the hypoglossal nerve ... stimulation using a remote control, starting off low and going up one level per week. Olivia Rushton, 48, of Northamptonshire, had the operation in ...

It comes as UCLH became the first centre in the UK to offer sleep apnoea patients a choice of nerve stimulators – the Genio Nyxoah or the Inspire implant. Both devices stimulate the hypoglossal ...