IMPLANTS could finally spell the end of uncomfortable nights for sleep apnoea sufferers.
The app-controlled devices stimulate nerves in the tongue to help people breathe overnight. At the moment sufferers wear masks linked to air pressure Cpap machines.
Sleep surgeon Ryan Chin Taw Cheong called the implants, which have been fitted to 22 people in the UK, a "pacemaker for the tongue" and "the best treatment for sleep apnoea on the planet".
The Genio devices, made by Belgian firm Nyxoah, were fitted at University College London Hospitals NHS Trust.
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