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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Apparatus, systems, and methods for constraining and/or supporting tissue structures along an airway
Ryan P. Boucher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Winfried Hohenhorst, Essen, DE;
Eric N. Doelling, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ryan P. Boucher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Winfried Hohenhorst, Essen, DE;
Eric N. Doelling, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
SileoMed, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods implant structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth. The structures can be sized and configured to resist buckling of tissue structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth in a cranial direction. The systems and methods can also be sized and configured, singly or in combination, for stabilizing a hyoid bone, and/or stabilizing a tongue, and/or suspending a tongue, and/or providing neuro-muscular stimulation of tissue structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth.