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Apparatus, systems, and methods for constraining and/or supporting tissue structures along an airway

US9192508B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SileoMed, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ryan Boucher · San Francisco, US
Winfried Hohenhorst · Essen, DE
Eric N. Doelling · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 3, 2010
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 20, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M16/06
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Systems and methods implant structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth. The structures can be sized and configured to resist buckling of tissue structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth in a cranial direction. The systems and methods can also be sized and configured, singly or in combination, for stabilizing a hyoid bone, and/or stabilizing a tongue, and/or suspending a tongue, and/or providing neuro-muscular stimulation of tissue structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth.

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