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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Snorx, Llc, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Yosef P. Krespi, New York, NY (US);
David Volpi, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Zelegent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0467 (2013.01); A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 17/06109 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61F 5/566 (2013.01); A61B 17/06004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for lifting, suspending and stiffening a patient's tissue are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method of lifting and stiffening a patient's tissue includes inserting at least one suture into the patient's tissue in a first direction, pulling the suture in a second direction so as to lift and suspend the tissue in a lifted position and stiffen the tissue in the lifted position, and cutting the suture so that the tissue remains in the lifted position. Preferably, the patient's tissue is the patient's soft palate.