FDA Approves Inspire Device for OSA

[pbriggs]

not sure if this is new news for anyone... or if there is interest
The FDA has approved an upper airway stimulation device to treat a subset of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) when standard therapy isn't an option, device maker Inspire Medical Systems announced Thursday.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pulmonology ... id=6075401

[chunkyfrog]

The concept seems to have been around for a while;
with an Australian study in 2010, and this thread here in 2012:
viewtopic/t80947/HGNS-Therapy.html
It sounds very expensive. Insurance may not bite for years.

[Todzo]

not sure if this is new news for anyone... or if there is interest
The FDA has approved an upper airway stimulation device to treat a subset of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) when standard therapy isn't an option, device maker Inspire Medical Systems announced Thursday.

http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pulmonology ... id=6075401

Since there are multiple causes of sleep apnea this apparently is good news.

Indeed it appears that 36% of patients with OSA have minimal genioglossus muscle responsiveness during sleep[1] which this particular therapy is designed to deal with. If genioglossus muscle responsiveness happens to be the basis of your sleep apnea it would be a very good solution.

And it would not raise respiratory control system gain as some other therapies do.


[1] http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1 ... 2QOQKZ38jj

[SleepyToo2]

Do they test genioglossus muscle responsiveness during a sleep study? I am not aware that they did in my case. Unless snoring is a sign of a problem with the genioglossus muscle.

[cpapernewbie]

searched around for the selling price, no info...

Anybody has the idea?