US Patent Issued to ImThera Medical on Nov. 25 for "Method for adjusting a system for stimulating a hypoglossal nerve" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,322, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ImThera Medical Inc. (Houston).

"Method for adjusting a system for stimulating a hypoglossal nerve" was invented by Paul M. Meadows (Glendale, Calif.), Marcelo G. Lima (San Diego), Faisal N. Zaidi (San Diego) and Jasper Benke (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for titrating a stimulation parameter for one or more electrode contacts in a system for stimulating a hypoglossal nerve of a patient includes activating one of the one or more electrode contacts to stimulate the hypoglossal nerve of the patient, obtaining a first and/or second physiological measurement from the patient, c...