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Goofproof wrote:XPAPS could be made with stronger specs, but as we see with the "M"agic, some people want smaller more lightweight units, not bigger, and building a higher flow XPAP, would require more weight, cost , size and noise level. Lots of people wouldn't see that as a improvement. Some of us would like to see the machine power upgraded.

DreamStalker wrote: You would think that someone could just design a throat stent like what they use for cardiovascular system only bigger ... then we could be like normal sleepers again ... that is what I would like to see.

rooster wrote: Remember those little black and white Scottish terriers mounted on magnets?

March 7, 2006: Looking for an ultra high-tech solution to snoring? The Institute for Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC) has applied for a patent for a snoring cure involving injectable neuromuscular stimulators. The theory is simple: you snore when your soft palate relaxes during sleep. If you could maintain muscle tone at night, you may not snore. So, the patent describes a somewhat alarming method to make your muscles near your soft palate contract whenever you snore. The treatment will involve injecting small coils into the roof of your mouth. Then near your bed will be a larger coil connected to electricity (a battery?) and a microphone. When you snore, the microphone will trigger the coil to pulse, in turn charging the muscle coils, making the muscles contract. Pretty clever, eh? To our knowledge this solution is not currently available.

The tiny device underway at Case is designed to offer relief to those who find the current CPAP masks uncomfortable. It will consist of an electrode, several leads and a 3cm diameter stimulator and it will be surgically implanted below the ear in the neck where it will directly stimulate a targeted part of the hypoglossal nerve which controls movement of the muscles involved in maintaining the opening of the upper airways.