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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Anja K. Metzger, Stillwater, MN (US);
Brian J. Erickson, Woodbury, MN (US);
John P. Sopp, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Mark B. Knudson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Timothy R. Conrad, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Anja K. Metzger, Stillwater, MN (US);
Brian J. Erickson, Woodbury, MN (US);
John P. Sopp, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Mark B. Knudson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Timothy R. Conrad, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Restore Medical, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A pharyngeal airway having a pharyngeal wall of a patient at least partially surrounding and defining the airway is treated by selecting an implant dimensioned so as to be implanted at or beneath a mucosal layer of the pharyngeal wall and extending transverse to said wall. The implant has mechanical characteristics for the implant, at least in combination with a fibrotic tissue response induced by the implant, to stiffen said pharyngeal wall to resist radial collapse. The implant is implanted into the pharyngeal wall transverse to a longitudinal axis of the airway.