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US 2014/0150804 A1Published application
Devices And Methods For Treating Sleep Disordered Breathing
AssigneeSvip 7 LLC
InventorTidhar Shalon
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for treating sleep disordered breathing comprising a device body designed for positioning within a pharyngeal lumen and being designed and configured for maintaining an open airway during involuntary closure of the pharyngeal lumen. According to further features in preferred embodiments of the invention described below, the involuntary closure of the pharyngeal lumen is caused by collapse of airway tissue during sleep.
Claims10
1-9. (canceled)
A device for treating sleep disordered breathing, comprising:
- a tube attached to a tether, at least a portion of said tether being cantilevered when said tether is positioned within a nasal passageway to suspend said tube within an airway lumen with minimal contact with tissue surrounding said airway lumen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.