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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2002
Applicants:
Lionel M. Nelson, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Ronald G. Lax, Palm City, FL (US);
Eric N. Doelling, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lionel M. Nelson, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Ronald G. Lax, Palm City, FL (US);
Eric N. Doelling, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apneon, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and related methods stabilize tissue in an airway using material which is sized and configured to be fitted to surface tissue in the airway and which is magnetically attracted toward a magnetized material to stabilize a preferred tissue orientation. The systems and related methods can be used, e.g., to treat snoring and other sleep related disorders.