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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 20, 2009
Jerome Aarestad, Escondido, CA (US);
Richard Rose, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
John Nelson, Redlands, CA (US);
Donna Palmer, San Diego, CA (US);
Paulo Rangel, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jerome Aarestad, Escondido, CA (US);
Richard Rose, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
John Nelson, Redlands, CA (US);
Donna Palmer, San Diego, CA (US);
Paulo Rangel, Carlsbad, CA (US);
SOMMETRICS, INC., Vista, CA (US);
Abstract
A device and a method for creating and/or maintaining an obstruction free upper respiratory passages. The device is configured to fit under the chin of a subject adjacent to the subject's neck at an external location corresponding approximately with the subject's internal soft tissue associated with the neck's anterior triangle. The device is capable of exerting negative pressure on the surface of a subject's neck, displacing the soft tissue forward and enlarging the airway.