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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Mark Hirotsuka, San Jose, CA (US);
Jasper Jackson, Newark, CA (US);
Damien Shulock, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Frazier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chad Roue, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Van Der Burg, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael Dineen, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Mark Hirotsuka, San Jose, CA (US);
Jasper Jackson, Newark, CA (US);
Damien Shulock, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Frazier, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Chad Roue, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik van der Burg, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael Dineen, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Methods and devices for the treatment of airway obstruction, sleep apnea and snoring are disclosed. In some embodiments, a glossal suspension system includes a tissue tensioner that includes a suture loop made of one or more sutures configured to suspend the tongue with at least one portion configured to extend laterally through the tongue, and a securement mechanism configured to be attached to a patient's mandible that includes one more adjustment assemblies for engaging the one or more sutures and adjusting tension on the suture loop. Various tethers and anchors that can be used with the glossal suspension system are also disclosed.