US Patent Issued to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation on Oct. 7 for "System and method for treating obstructive sleep apnea" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,058, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Cleveland).

"System and method for treating obstructive sleep apnea" was invented by Francis A. Papay (Westlake, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system for treating obstructive sleep apnea in a subject. The system can include a power source and a neuromuscular stimulator in electrical communications with the power source. The neuromuscular stimulator can include a controller and at least one electrode. The controller can be configured to receive certain power and stimulation parameters associated with a therapy...