Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080221684 | Devices, systems, and methods to fixate tissue within the regions of body, such as the pharyngeal conduit - Devices, systems and methods develop static and/or kinetic and/or pressure forces to fixate or brace tissue in targeted pharyngeal structures and individual anatomic components within the pharyngeal conduit. | 09-11-2008 |
20080319444 | Methods and devices for treating bone after high velocity and/or trauma fracture - Devices and methods treat bone after high velocity and/or trauma fracture, using various devices, including cavity-forming devices. | 12-25-2008 |
20090240173 | Devices, systems, and methods to fixate tissue within the regions of body, such as the pharyngeal conduit - Devices, systems and methods develop pressure forces to fixate or brace tissue in targeted pharyngeal structures and individual anatomic components within the pharyngeal conduit. | 09-24-2009 |
20110155142 | Apparatus, systems, and methods for constraining and/or supporting tissue structures along an airway - Systems and methods implant structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth. The structures can be sized and configured to resist buckling of tissue structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth in a cranial direction. The systems and methods can also be sized and configured, singly or in combination, for stabilizing a hyoid bone, and/or stabilizing a tongue, and/or suspending a tongue, and/or providing neuro-muscular stimulation of tissue structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth. | 06-30-2011 |
20110196499 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING VERTEBRAL BODIES - Systems and methods treat at least two vertebral bodies in a spinal column. The systems and methods make use of first and second tool assemblies operable to treat an interior region of, respectively, a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body in the spinal column. The systems and methods provide directions for operating the first and second tool assemblies to treat the first and second vertebral bodies, at least for a portion of time, concurrently. | 08-11-2011 |
20110275879 | MAGNETIC FORCE DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR RESISTING TISSUE COLLAPSE WITHIN THE PHARYNGEAL CONDUIT - Devices, systems and methods employ magnetic force to resist tissue collapse in targeted pharyngeal structures and individual anatomic components within the pharyngeal conduit during sleep. | 11-10-2011 |
20110295083 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MONITORING, ANALYZING, AND/OR ADJUSTING SLEEP CONDITIONS - Therapeutic and diagnostic systems and methods help an individual with a sleep disordered breathing condition, such as habitual snoring or obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), achieve deep, restorative sleep. The systems and methods include component that serve complementary sensing, monitoring, and corrective or diagnostic functions. | 12-01-2011 |
20110316705 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SLEEP POSITION - Systems and methods provide a position sensing component that carries a gravity sensor sized and configured to provide a position dependent output indicative of the relative sleep position of the individual. The position sensing component can take the form of a strap sized and configured to be worn about the neck, or be integrated into a therapeutic oral appliance sized and configured to be worn within an oral cavity of the individual. The position sensing component is worn by the individual during sleep. The systems and methods compare the position dependent output with one or more benchmark conditions that correlate to a desired sleep position, and generate an alarm output when the individual is not in a desired sleep position, to thereby influence or alter the individual's sleep position to return the individual to a sleep position that correlates to a desired sleep position. | 12-29-2011 |
20120240940 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MAGNETIC FORCE SYSTEMS AFFECTING THE TOUNGUE OR HYOID MUSCCLES IN THE UPPER AIRWYA - Systems and methods are provided for resisting posterior movement of the tongue during sleep, thereby keeping an airway open. The systems and methods employ a first structure that can be placed either in or on a tongue within an oral cavity and/or in a region of hyoid muscle. The first structure includes a ferromagnetic material. The systems and methods employ a second structure that can be placed either in or on external tissue outside the oral cavity and/or in or on external tissue outside the oral cavity in a desired relationship with the first structure. The second structure includes a magnetic material that magnetically interacts with the ferromagnetic material by attracting the ferromagnetic material, thereby resisting posterior movement of the tongue. | 09-27-2012 |
20150073565 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS TO FIXATE TISSUE WITHIN THE REGIONS OF BODY, SUCH AS THE PHARYNGEAL CONDUIT - Devices, systems and methods develop static and/or kinetic and/or pressure forces to fixate or brace tissue in targeted pharyngeal structures and individual anatomic components within the pharyngeal conduit. | 03-12-2015 |