New tongue-stimulating implant offers hope to millions with sleep apnoea in UK first

New tongue-stimulating implant offers hope to millions with sleep apnoea in UK first

Nyxoah’s Genio device zaps the nerves in the tongue to help sufferers breathe better overnight

Patients with a common sleep disorder have been fitted with an app-controlled device that zaps the nerves in the tongue to help them breathe overnight in a UK first.

Sleep apnoea causes breathing to stop repeatedly during sleep and is thought to affect about 8 million people in the UK.

Continue reading… Nyxoah’s Genio device zaps the nerves in the tongue to help sufferers breathe better overnightPatients with a common sleep disorder have been fitted with an app-controlled device that zaps the nerves in the tongue to help them breathe overnight in a UK first.Sleep apnoea causes breathing to stop repeatedly during sleep and is thought to affect about 8 million people in the UK. Continue reading… Sleep apnoea, Health, Sleep, Society, Life and style, Medical research, Health & wellbeing, Science, UK news 

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