US Patent Issued on May 12 for "Systems, devices and methods for the treatment of oral and pharyngeal disorders" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,090, issued on May 12.

"Systems, devices and methods for the treatment of oral and pharyngeal disorders" was invented by Lynne Bilston (Ashfield, Australia) and Peter Burke (Redfern, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Herein are provided systems, devices, and methods for the treatment of oral and pharyngeal disorders via the stimulation of pharyngeal muscles. Contraction of the pharyngeal muscle cells (9) is induced by activation of at least one ion channel (1) formed in at least one of a muscle cell and a neural cell. The ion channel opens (4) when it is activated by a stimulus (3). This allows ions to flow into (5) and out of ...