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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Michael R. Harrison, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kathryn H. Rosenbluth, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dillon A. Kwiat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric J. Kezirian, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Richard J. Fechter, San Rafael, CA (US);
Darrell Christensen, Petaluma, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
An orthotic obstructive sleep apnea treatment device is provided that includes a hyoid bone attachment element disposed to attach a ferric element to a hyoid bone, where the ferric element is disposed to face along a treatment vector from the hyoid bone, and the treatment vector is oriented relative to a sagittal plane of a human. The orthotic obstructive sleep apnea treatment device further includes an external orthotic neck device having a contoured housing with a shape disposed to conform about a neck of the human subject, where the housing includes a force delivery element disposed at an exterior-front neck region of the human subject and is disposed to provide an attractive force to the ferric element along the treatment vector. An accelerometer is disposed to measure kinematic variables or movement.