MARTINSBURG — WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center announced that Levi Stevens, M.D., board-certified otolaryngologist with WVU Medicine Ear, Nose and Throat successful Martinsburg and Charles Town, precocious completed the hospital’s archetypal Inspire® Therapy procedure.
Inspire® is an FDA-approved obstructive slumber apnea (OSA) attraction enactment for radical who cannot usage continuous affirmative airway unit (CPAP) therapy.
OSA affects 22 cardinal Americans. It occurs erstwhile the airway collapses during slumber and blocks the travel of oxygen to the brain. The encephalon senses a deficiency of oxygen and wakes the assemblage up conscionable agelong capable to instrumentality a breath, past falls backmost asleep. This rhythm repeats passim the nighttime and causes poor, disruptive sleep.
Inspire® works wrong the assemblage with a patient’s earthy breathing process to dainty slumber apnea. Mild stimulation opens the airway during sleep, allowing oxygen to travel naturally. The diligent uses a tiny handheld distant to crook Inspire connected earlier furniture and disconnected erstwhile waking up.
The Inspire® strategy is implanted during a short, outpatient procedure. It is placed nether the tegument of the cervix and thorax done 2 tiny incisions. Most patients instrumentality location the aforesaid time and instrumentality over-the-counter symptom medications to negociate symptom arsenic needed.
The information and efficacy of Inspire was evaluated during the STAR objective trial. Five-year STAR proceedings outcomes amusement patients utilizing Inspire acquisition important reductions successful slumber apnea events and important improvements successful quality-of-life measures. There person been implicit 150 peer-reviewed publications connected Inspire.
“We are excited to person completed the area’s archetypal Inspire process astatine Berkeley Medical Center,” Dr. Stevens said. “Inspire® represents a important advancement successful treating slumber apnea. It is clinically proven to trim slumber apnea events, has a precocious level of diligent satisfaction, and a precocious therapy adherence.”
For much accusation astir Inspire®, sojourn InspireSleep.com, oregon telephone 304-969-7334.
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