[Angie10]

A new electronic chip could bring relief to millions of UK patients with a serious sleep disorder that stops them breathing in their sleep; sleep apnoea. In a development that will come as welcome news to sufferers, UK surgeons have now begun implanting a chip on a critical nerve, helping people to breathe.

Eight million people, men and women, in the UK suffer from sleep apnoea. The condition is linked to hypertension, strokes, heart attacks, diabetes, and even death. Those with the condition snore heavily and soft tissues in the mouth and throat close up the airway and obstruct breathing. The lack of oxygen can lead to hypertension, strokes, heart attacks, and diabetes. The airways become obstructed, and breathing repeatedly stops for several seconds or even minutes, and as a result, some patients die.

After being fitted with the chip, some patients sleep so soundly that they even start to dream for the first time in years.

Source: Sky News

[JASPREET]

I think I saw something like that in a movie, don't remember the name of the movie where an actor was suffering from this problem

[Fergal]

Sleep apnea is a serious medical condition that affects many people. There are lots of people with the condition who don't even know that they have it. It's excellent to see that there are technical advancements in the treatment of the condition. Hopefully it will be successful and become widely available. It would be super if it helped people and meant that they didn't have to wear a mask every night.

[ptrikha21]

This sounds like a critical and useful innovation.
I hope that this would help a lot of patients as I have heard that this can be a lethal condition.
Any picture of this innovation?

[oldbuddy]

I have been wrestling with a CPAP for about 30 years and Diabetes right after that and a Coronary Bypass 5 years ago. All of those are attributed to Sleep Apnea.