SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIDING A USER IN BREATHING USING IMPLANTABLE DEVICES

A method includes receiving respiration data associated with respiration of a user from a respiration monitoring device that is positioned inside the user adjacent to a thoracic cavity of the user. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the respiration data associated with r...

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1. Verfasser: ARMITSTEAD, Jeffrey, Peter
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A method includes receiving respiration data associated with respiration of a user from a respiration monitoring device that is positioned inside the user adjacent to a thoracic cavity of the user. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the respiration data associated with respiration of the user, a respiration signal for the user. The method also includes determining, based at least in part on the respiration signal, a predicted start time for a future inhalation of the user. The method also includes causing a stimulation device to provide electrical stimulation to one or more branches of a nerve of the user at the predicted start time, the stimulation device being positioned inside the user adjacent to a tongue of the user and being physically separated from the respiration monitoring device.