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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Edward M. Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Octavian Iancea, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edward M. Gillis, San Jose, CA (US);
Octavian Iancea, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
ReVENT Medical, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of maintaining airway patency in an airway of a patient. The method includes the steps of implanting a device into airway-forming tissue without affixing the device to the tissue and permitting a bioerodable portion of the device to bioerode to apply a force to the airway-forming tissue to maintain airway patency. The invention also provides devices for practicing the method.