# US 2014/0150804 A1 · Devices And Methods For Treating Sleep Disordered Breathing

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- Number: US 2014/0150804 A1
- Document ID: US20140150804A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/233,758
- Filed: 2012-07-19
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2011-07-21
- Assignees: Svip 7 LLC
- Inventors: Tidhar Shalon
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150804A1

## CPC

- A61F 5/566: {Intra-oral devices}
- A61F 5/56: Devices for preventing snoring
- F04C 2270/0421: Controlled or regulated
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- F04C: ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS (engines F03C); ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-9. (canceled)

### Claim 10

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.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The device of claim 10, wherein said tube is capable of maintaining an open airway during involuntary collapse of said airway lumen.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The device of claim 10, wherein said at least a portion of said tether suspends a proximal opening of said tube above a descending soft palate.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The device of claim 12, wherein said proximal opening of said tube rests just behind the distal edge of the nasal septum or vomer.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The device of claim 12, wherein the angle formed by two vectors normal to said proximal opening and distal openings of said tube is between 30 to 90 degrees.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The device of claim 10, wherein said at least a portion of said tether is stiff.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The device of claim 15, wherein at least a portion of said tether rests on a floor of said nasal passageway.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The device of claim 15, wherein a proximal end of said tether is attached to tissue between the nostrils or the nares.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The device of claim 17, wherein said tether is biased against a floor of the nasal cavity.