Overview
- Gives approaches to obstructive sleep apnea in an engineering perspective
- Presents multidisciplinary researches including in vitro and in vivo experiments
- Provides a detailed fabrication process for implantable electronics
- Recommended to electrical/biomedical engineers and students
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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This book addresses novel methods to treat a very popular disease, obstructive sleep apnea, based on a knowledge of an electrical engineering. Two approaches are given in the book using an upper-airway stimulation based on the pathogenesis of an obstructive sleep apnea. Implantable electronics are devised to control the tongue and the soft palate considering that they are the major pharyngeal muscles contributing to the apnea. First, for tongue control, a cuff electrode was designed and fabricated to stimulate the hypoglossal nerve, which innervates to the tongue muscle. Rare-earth magnets were embedded in the cuff for easy and repeatable installation of the electrode. For soft palate control, a palatal implant system was firstly developed to contract the soft palate muscle by applying electrical stimuli. Comprised of an implant, an intra-oral device, and an external controller, the palatal implant system is fully powered and controlled by means of wireless communication. The approaches were demonstrated in both in vitro and in vivo assessments, in collaboration with department of Otorhinolaryngology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.
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Book Title: Development of Implantable Electronics as Novel Approaches to Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Authors: Jungmin Seo
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8327-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8326-1Published: 10 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8329-2Published: 11 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-8327-8Published: 09 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 75
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Circuits and Systems