Surgery – Miscellaneous – Methods
Patent
1993-06-01
1994-09-06
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Methods
128848, 12820519, 12820024, A61F 500
Patent
active
053438787
ABSTRACT:
A method of treating sleep apnea by the novel application of pressure varying from ambient pressure to external portions of a patient's neck, and a novel breathing mask seal apparatus.
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Handke Patrick M.
Sanders Mark H.
Scarberry Eugene N.
Apley Richard J.
Brams J. Stewart
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Respironics Inc.
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