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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2021
Howell Goldberg, Parkland, FL (US);
Daniel A. Zabaleta, Cooper City, FL (US);
Howell Goldberg, Parkland, FL (US);
Daniel A. Zabaleta, Cooper City, FL (US);
Abstract
A tongue attachment assembly includes a sheath designed for attachment to a patient's tongue using a vacuum. An accessory attachment feature comprising a groove located between a flange and the distal end of the body of the sheath. Vacuum can be drawn through a valve or an external vacuum source. The tongue attachment assembly can be adapted for any of a variety of applications by selecting an appropriate accessory and attaching the accessory to the sheath by the accessory attachment feature. Accessories can include a sleep apnea attachment, a gas delivery mask retention attachment, and the like. The tongue attachment assembly can be fabricated by replicating a shape of a patient's tongue as a portion of a mold, then using the mold to generate the tongue attachment assembly. The tongue mold can be obtained by a scanning process or an impression or casting process.