What Is the Hypoglossal Nerve? The hypoglossal nerve is also known as the 12th cranial nerve. It is chiefly a motor nerve and carries motor fibers that control muscles. It does have some ...

Hypoglossal nerve disorders may be caused by tumors, strokes, infections, injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and more. Anatomy As your nerves run through your body, they split off and send ...

Left and right fundoscopy was normal. Examination of hypoglossal nerve function revealed fasciculation, and muscle atrophy on the right side of the tongue. The tongue deviated to the right side as ...

This is not the case with OSA patients. This deficit may be why Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation (HGNS) appears to work to mitigate OSA. In patients for whom CPAP is not feasible (e.g. due to ...

Inspire Medical Systems (NYSE: INSP) announced that it recently launched the EuroStim registry evaluating its technology in ...

Sleep apnea causes repeated breathing interruptions during sleep. Stimulating the hypoglossal nerve in the tongue using an implanted pacemaker-like system can improve a patient’s breathing and ...

In a new case study published April 11 in Pediatrics, they report on a 4-year-old boy with Down syndrome and OSA who underwent a procedure to implant a hypoglossal nerve stimulation device ...

To qualify for the device, called a hypoglossal nerve stimulator, a person over 18 diagnosed with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea must be unable to adapt or refuse to wear a continuous ...

This may help you exhale more easily. For treatment resistant cases a surgical device called Inspire (hypoglossal nerve surgery) can be implanted. it works by keeping a patient's airway open by ...

The study features a differentiated neurostimulation modality called proximal hypoglossal nerve stimulation (p-HGNS), which utilizes six electrodes placed on the proximal trunk of the hypoglossal ...