Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Method And System To Stimulate Phrenic Nerve To Treat Sleep Apnea' Filed by Lunair Medical, Inc.

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517051379 A) filed by Lunair Medical, Inc., Minneapolis, on May 28, for 'method and system to stimulate phrenic nerve to treat sleep apnea.'

Inventor(s) include Schwartz, Alan; Schneider, Hartmut; Engelman, Zoar; Ruppel, Edward; and Gelfand, Mark.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 1, under issue no. 31/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A method of identifying a patient with obstructive sleep apnea, implanting in the patient a phrenic nerve stimulator or connecting the phrenic, and adjusting stimulation energy applied by the phrenic nerve simulator to a phrenic nerve in a sleeping patient based on airway obstruction in an airway the patient."

The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 17, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/080199.

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