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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Invicta Medical, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Thomas Kent, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Laurence Wylie Harter, San Jose, CA (US);
Harold Byron Kent, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Karena Yadira Puldon, Northridge, CA (US);
Assignee:
INVICTA MEDICAL, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61B 5/0488 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3601 (2013.01); A61B 5/0488 (2013.01); A61F 5/56 (2013.01); A61F 5/566 (2013.01); A61N 1/0548 (2013.01); A61N 1/36078 (2013.01);
Abstract
An oral appliance provides electrical stimulation to a patient's tongue in a manner that prevents collapse of the tongue and/or soft palate during sleep. More specifically, the appliance may induce a reversible current or currents in a lateral direction across the tongue in a manner that shortens the patient's Palatoglossus muscle, which in turn pulls the patient's soft palate downward towards a base of the tongue, and/or decreases a volume of the tongue.