Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Antisnoring device
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-04
2011-01-04
Bianco, Patricia M (Department: 3772)
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Antisnoring device
C128S864000, C128S865000, C381S312000, C381S328000, C181S130000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07861723
ABSTRACT:
An airway obstruction correction apparatus including an expandable bladder configured to fit within a user's external auditory canal, a pump configured to expand the bladder with a pumped fluid, a passage coupled with the pump and with the bladder and configured to convey a fluid between the pump and the bladder, a microcontroller coupled with the pump and configured to affect an activation condition of the pump, and a reservoir coupled with the pump and configured to retain sufficient fluid to expand the bladder into contact with a surface of the auditory canal when transferred to the bladder by the pump. At least one of a local data processing means and/or a remotely located data processing means can be configured to receive data from the apparatus and transmit data to the apparatus via a data networking means and/or at least one of a wired or wireless signal. According to a method using an apparatus configured as described, a detected indication of an obstructed airway causes the apparatus to stimulate a user and induces an involuntary airway clearing response.
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Barney John
Dedrick David L.
Ater Wynne LLP
Bianco Patricia M
Dedrick David L.
Nicholson Keri J
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