Inspire Sleep Apnea Device Mri Safety

As a result osa patients may experience a high degree of daytime sleepiness.

Inspire sleep apnea device mri safety. Inspire upper airway stimulation uas is used to treat a subset of patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea osa apnea hypopnea index ahi of greater than or equal to 15 and less than or equal to 65. It should be used after you have tried positive airway pressure treatments and they have not worked or you could not tolerate them. This device might help to stimulate the hypoglossal nerve that causes the throat and relevant muscles to move and open the airway for the user to breathe better. This device called an upper airway stimulator consists of a small pulse generator placed under the skin in the upper chest.

Inspire sleep apnea therapy review final verdict this device is suitable for people who are above the age of 18 years and suffer from moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea. An implanted device called inspire. Like cpap an inspire doctor can print out a usage record of inspire to show the medical examiner that you are using your prescribed sleep apnea treatment. Untreated obstructive sleep apnea osa has a negative impact on sleep and the body s ability to recover during sleep.

Food and drug administration fda approval for its next generation device the inspire 3028 implantable pulse generator which includes magnetic resonance mr conditional labeling allowing patients to undergo magnetic resonance imaging mri safely. If your patient has the inspire generator model 3024 they are not eligible for mri scans. However they are eligible to have ct scans x rays and ultrasound images taken anywhere in the body. Important safety information inspire therapy is indicated for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea in adult patients with an apnea hypopnea index ahi between 15 and 65.

Inspire therapy has not been tested in people with a bmi greater than 32. By proving compliance there should be no issues renewing your commercial driver s license. Inspire was fda approved in 2014 and has been proven both safe and effective in multiple clinical studies. Minneapolis june 5 2017 inspire medical systems inc manufacturer of the only fda approved implantable device for obstructive sleep apnea osa has received u s.

Please check your inspire patient id card to determine if you are able to get an mri under specific conditions. There is a yellow mr triangle on the back of the patient id card if your patient has the inspire generator model 3028. A wire is placed in the chest wall. If so they are eligible for mri head and extremity scans provided specific guidelines in the manual are followed.