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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:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
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:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods place a first magnetically interactive material in or on a tongue in an airway. The systems and methods place a second magnetically interactive material in or on tissue in a desired relationship with the tongue. The first and second materials magnetically interact to stabilize a preferred orientation of the tongue.