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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Aerin Medical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Fred Dinger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew Frazier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott J. Wolf, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aerin Medical, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61N 1/40 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/06 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1477 (2013.01); A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 18/1485 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61F 5/56 (2013.01); A61N 1/0548 (2013.01); A61N 1/06 (2013.01); A61N 1/403 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0016 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00327 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00761 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/143 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61N 5/045 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0606 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating a soft palate in a patient to treat sleep apnea, snoring or both may involve advancing a treatment element of a treatment device through the patient's mouth, contacting a tissue-contact surface of the treatment element with the soft palate, delivering energy to the soft palate via one or more energy delivery members on the tissue-contact surface, and removing the treatment element from the mouth.