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Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation Device Overview

g'day mates the video you're about to watch is from Adam Hurd g'day Adam and he's recently had surgery to have the Inspire upper Airway stimulation device implanted now for those of you that don't know this is a surgical option for Osa and it stimulates the hypoglossal nerve which controls the tongue anyway take it away Adam cheers hello everybody this is Adam with an update probably the last update for a while on my Inspire sleep device if you haven't watched any of my previous videos about my experience with the Inspire sleep device go back and watch those on here I've got several videos on there and right now it's been right at five months since I had my device activated and a little over six months since I had it put in had a little rocky start with some infection and things that happened in my incision one of my incisions which got me a late start on getting it activated and then after I got it activated going up through the levels on my remote I had a few little setbacks where it was either too strong or was a little uncomfortable for me nothing painful never had any pain with it but the Inspire representative for my doctor's office as well as my doctor's office have been great about making adjustments for me and those kind of things as of my last video I was on the seventh hash mark on my remote which are trying to get to the seventh hash mark on my remote which is where my doctor wanted me to be before my sleep study I went in to have a checkup with him after I got to level seven and they ran the data on my remote and said that I was only using the device actually having it on about an hour and a half to two hours each night even though I turn it on when I go to bed and uh I don't stop using it until the morning I was waking up so many times at that level at that seventh level that I was having to hit restart or reset and there was a delay and so the total time that the device was actually working was about an hour and a half two hours doctor wanted me to be up to level to four hours on on it each night at least before my sleep study so he prescribed sleep medication to help me try to stay asleep and not wake up and get longer time on it that worked I was able to get up to four hours I went back and they checked my data and said yes you're good to go for a sleep study so about a week ago I had my sleep study done they said that uh the level that was optimal for me was two megahertz and that is two levels below where the doctor had wanted me at previously so they reset my remote so that the third hash mark is where I was at at the seventh one previously and then number one the first hash mark is my optimal setting for me and the doctor said I did better on my side so to make sure I sleep on my side and I went back to him for follow-up this past Thursday and he said everything seems to be going good we've got you at this that's your optimal level continue taking sleep medication if you need to um I have slept much better I've using that medication and now with especially the last several days with the device at my optimal setting I've slept very well I wake up rested and I think that's a good combination that's working for me so um I recommend Inspire for anybody who is eligible for it and is having problems with CPAP again if you haven't watched any of my previous videos about my experience through all this go back and watch those post those onto the video to the comments I'll try to answer them for you I'd like to help anybody that may benefit from CPAP to um get as much information as they can it's very important but God bless you all and I'll see you later so there you have it guys some real feedback from a real patient with the Inspire upper Airway stimulation device now let's hear from Fred Lynn who's a surgeon at Mount Sinai hospital and he performs surgery to implant the device is now implanting patients with Inspire therapy and it really is changing lives especially sleep apnea for the this is an alternative for patients that have significant sleep apnea that don't tolerate the CPAP machine three incisions one along the neck where we basically find the nerve of the tongue one along the right upper chest area where the implants actually placed and then the small incision along the lower rib area where we basically put a sensor that measures breathing and so all those three are connected when the patient's asleep they turn it on with a remote and since it's breathing so when the sensor senses the breath coming in it sends a signal to the implant and time then sends a signal to the nerve and it pulls the tongue forward as you're trying to breathe in and so if this happens over and over again throughout the night and basically maintains your Airway as you're sleeping after the surgery you go home the same day there's no real major restrictions you can do normal activities or you're able to go back to work fairly quickly patients Rave about you know their better quality sleep their bed partners are extraordinarily happy that their snoring is either completely gone or very very minimal and they just again feel like they have more energy during the day