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US 10,646,214 B2Granted
Tongue advancer assembly for a tongue manipulation system
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsMatthias Hamsch, Joachim Kahlert, Steve Woodard, Asheesh Divetia, Michel Paul Barbara Van Bruggen, Antonius Adrianus Petrus Schudelaro
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Abstract
A tongue advancer assembly for a tongue manipulation system includes a core mount and a tongue advancer for coupling to the core mount. The core mount includes a connection rod coupling for coupling the tongue advancer assembly to a distal end of a connection rod.
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A tongue advancer assembly for a tongue manipulation system, the tongue advancer assembly comprising:
- a core mount comprising a connection rod coupling at a first end that is configured to couple the tongue advancer assembly to a distal end of a connection rod;
- a tongue advancer for attachment to a tongue;
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- a fixing element configured to couple an opposite second end of the core mount to the tongue advancer,
- wherein the core mount and the tongue advancer are of different materials compositions,
- wherein the fixing element comprises a pin,
- the tongue advancer assembly further comprising a tongue advancer tether,
- wherein the tongue advancer tether comprises a first loop, the first loop configured to pass around the pin to couple the tongue advancer tether to the tongue advancer assembly.
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A method for providing a tongue advancer assembly for a tongue manipulation system, comprising:
- providing a core mount comprising a connection rod coupling configured to couple the tongue advancer assembly to a distal end of a connection rod;
- coupling a tongue advancer for attachment to a tongue to the core mount,
- wherein fixing the core mount to the tongue advancer comprises fixing the core mount with the tongue advancer by a pin,
- the tongue advancer assembly further comprising a tongue advancer tether,
- wherein the tongue advancer tether comprises a first loop, the first loop configured to pass around the pin to couple the tongue advancer tether to the tongue advancer assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.