stackyFACTSCPAP machines look like absolute sci-fi torture devices, so modern medicine decided to just put a pacemaker in your chest instead.
CPAP machines look like absolute sci-fi torture devices, so modern medicine decided to just put a pacemaker in your chest instead. Based on sleep apnea phenotyping, some patients just have floppy tongue muscles. The Inspire device actively monitors your breathing while you sleep, and exactly as you inhale, it fires an electric shock into your hypoglossal nerve, physically jerking your tongue forward so you don't suffocate.
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