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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2011
Applicants:
Jerome Aarestad, Escondido, CA (US);
John Carl Goodman, Missouri City, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jerome Aarestad, Escondido, CA (US);
John Carl Goodman, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
SOMMETRICS, INC., Vista, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61H 9/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/3707 (2013.01); A61F 5/56 (2013.01); A61H 9/0057 (2013.01); A61M 1/80 (2021.05); A61M 16/0488 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and a method for creating and/or maintaining an obstruction free upper respiratory passages. The device is configured to fit under the chin of a subject adjacent to the subject's neck at an external location corresponding approximately with the subject's soft tissue associated with the neck's anterior triangle. The device is capable of exerting negative pressure on the surface of a subject's neck, displacing the soft tissue forward and enlarging the airway.