New tongue-stimulating implant offers hope to millions with sleep apnoea in UK first
by PA Media from Science | The Guardian on (#6SX7Y)
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.
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