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Tongue-Stimulator Offers Hope to Millions with Sleep Apnoea

Saul Zimet

created: Jan. 10, 2025, 2:56 p.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.

<p>&#8220;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&#8230; The three-hour procedure to fit Nyxoah’s Genio implant was carried&#160;out by medics at University College London Hospitals NHS foundation trust (UCLH) this month. One of the [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://humanprogress.org/new-tongue-stimulating-implant-offers-hope-to-millions-with-sleep-apnoea-in-uk-first/">Tongue-Stimulator Offers Hope to Millions with Sleep Apnoea</a> appeared first on <a href="https://humanprogress.org">Human Progress</a>.</p>

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