Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Antisnoring device
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-12
2011-04-12
Bianco, Patricia M (Department: 3772)
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Antisnoring device
C128S859000, C602S902000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07921850
ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods selectively stabilize tissue in the oral cavity. The systems and methods provide a first material sized and configured to be fitted to less mobile tissue in the oral cavity, e.g., the roof of the mouth or upper/lower teeth. The systems and methods provide a second material sized and configured to be releasably fitted to more mobile tissue in the oral cavity, e.g., a region of the tongue. The second material is magnetically attracted toward the first material to stabilize a preferred tissue orientation. During sleep, the systems and methods restrain movement of the more mobile tissue within the oral cavity toward positions in which snoring and/or sleep apnea events can occur, but are capable of otherwise leaving the tongue unaffected during waking hours.
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Doelling Eric N.
Lax Ronald G.
Nelson Lionel M.
Bianco Patricia M
Koninklijke Philips Electronics , N.V.
Nguyen Camtu T
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