Magnetic devices, systems, and methods placed in or on a tongue

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2006-04-14

2011-11-01

Brown, Michael A. (Department: 3772)

Surgery

Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants

Antisnoring device

C602S902000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08047206

ABSTRACT:
Magnetic structures develop a magnetic force between a tongue and a posterior pharyngeal wall to stabilize an orientation of the tongue. The magnetic structures include magnetic materials that are sized, configured, and arranged on at least one of the first and second magnetic structures, to maintain a substantially mutually repelling orientation between the first and second magnetic structures during a native range of movement of the tongue relative to the pharyngeal wall, i.e., during swallowing and/or drinking/and or speech.

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