US Patent Issued to StimAire on July 7 for "Less invasive and improved peripheral nerve stimulators for obstructive sleep apnea and other applications" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,214, issued on July 7, was assigned to StimAire Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Less invasive and improved peripheral nerve stimulators for obstructive sleep apnea and other applications" was invented by Tarek Makansi (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Neural stimulator systems with an external magnetic coil to produce changing magnetic fields is applied on the neck, in conjunction with one or more tiny injectable objects that concentrates the induced electric or magnetic field to the hypoglossal nerve and protects the user by limiting and charge-balancing the output. Additional and non-invasive neural stimulator systems apply alter...