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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2006
Ryan P. Boucher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joe Paraschac, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward M. Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric N. Doelling, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Craig A. Purdy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ryan P. Boucher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joe Paraschac, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward M. Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric N. Doelling, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Craig A. Purdy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Magnetic structures develop a magnetic force between a tongue and a posterior pharyngeal wall to stabilize an orientation of the tongue. The magnetic structures include magnetic materials that are sized, configured, and arranged on at least one of the first and second magnetic structures, to maintain a substantially mutually repelling orientation between the first and second magnetic structures during a native range of movement of the tongue relative to the pharyngeal wall, i.e., during swallowing and/or drinking/and or speech.