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US 5,343,878 AGranted
Pressure application method
AssigneeRespironics, Inc.
InventorsEugene N. Scarberry, Patrick M. Handke, Mark H. Sanders
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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.
Claims3
In the medical treatment of sleep apnea syndrome, the method of treatment comprised of applying to frontal portions of a patient's neck a pressure sufficiently less than ambient pressure to distend adjacent neck tissue in a manner effective for alleviating obstruction of the patient's airway in sleep.
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