Michael DINEEN,Mark HIROTSUKA,Jasper JACKSON,Damien SHULOCK,Andrew FRAZIER,Chad ROUE,Erik VAN DER BURG
申请号：
US13350867
公开号：
US20120111341A1
申请日:
2012.01.16
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and devices for the treatment of airway obstruction, such as obstructive sleep apnea, and devices and methods that facilitate insertion and retrieval of the same. In one embodiment, disclosed is a tissue tensioner that includes an elongate flexible tether having a first end and a second end, a bone anchor configured to be connected to a patients mandible, a tissue ingrowth implant configured to be implanted in a patients tongue and connected to the second end of the tether, and an adjustment mechanism configured to be held by the bone anchor adjacent the patients mandible and configured to receive the first end of the tether and configured to adjust tension in the flexible tether between the patients mandible and tongue. Various anchors, tethers, securement mechanisms, and adjustment mechanisms that can be used with glossal and palatal remodeling systems are also disclosed.
