JOE PARASCHAC,RYAN P. BOUCHER,EDWARD M. GILLIS,OCTAVIAN IANCEA,ANDREW W. KRAMER,BRIAN K. MCCOLLUM,SCOTT A. MCGILL,LIONEL M. NELSON,Andres D. Tomas
申请号：
US13233422
公开号：
US20120240940A1
申请日:
2011.09.15
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
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.
