US Patent Issued to Inspire Medical Systems on Sept. 16 for "Single or multiple nerve stimulation to treat sleep disordered breathing" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,704, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Inspire Medical Systems Inc. (Golden Valley, Minn.).

"Single or multiple nerve stimulation to treat sleep disordered breathing" was invented by Kevin Verzal (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Timothy Herbert (Maple Grove, Minn.), Wondimeneh Tesfayesus (Minneapolis), John Rondoni (Plymouth, Minn.) and Quan Ni (Golden Valley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and/or methods for treating sleep disordered breathing may include stimulation of a single nerve, multiple nerves, as well as other tissues relating to upper airway patency."

The patent was filed on May 21, 2021, under Application No. 17/926...