US Patent Issued to LivaNova USA on June 30 for "Systems and methods of detecting and treating obstructive sleep apnea" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,722, issued on June 30, was assigned to LivaNova USA Inc. (Houston).

"Systems and methods of detecting and treating obstructive sleep apnea" was invented by Stephen L. Bolea (Watertown, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing a sleep apnea nerve stimulation therapy to a subject may include detecting a respiratory waveform of the subject with a sensor. The sensor may be configured for coupling to the subject. The respiratory waveform may include a plurality of respiratory cycles each corresponding to at least one of a breath and an attempted breath of the subject. The method may also include identifying a breathing ...