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Methods and devices for treating sleep apnea and snoring

  • US 10,195,010 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2011
  • Issued: 02/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treatment of a breathing disorder caused by a deformation of a tongue curve, the method comprising:

  • inserting a shaft of a tissue retractor through a mucosal covering of and into the tongue curve along a midline of a patient'"'"'s tongue;

    positioning a retractor member of the tissue retractor on the mucosal covering of the tongue curve along the midline of the patient'"'"'s tongue, the retractor member located at or near a first end of the shaft; and

    positioning an anchor member, connected to a second end of the shaft, on a mucosal covering that is the frenulum of the patient'"'"'s tongue, such that the anchor member is positioned along the midline of the patient'"'"'s tongue, the shaft between the retractor member and the anchor member such that the retractor member and the anchor member are on opposite sides of the patient'"'"'s tongue.

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