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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Joseph Paraschac, San Jose, CA (US);
Lionel M Nelson, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Paraschac, San Jose, CA (US);
Lionel M Nelson, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
At least one elongated body is sized and configured for implantation in a desired orientation in an epiglottis and/or in a muscle along an upper respiratory tract. An array of projections extends from the elongated body, which is sized and configured to engage tissue and resist a reorientation of the elongated body within the tissue region out of the desired orientation.