Devices, systems, and methods to fixate tissue within the regions of body, such as the pharyngeal conduit
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1. An apparatus comprising a structure sized and configured for implantation in tissue within a pharyngeal wall, the structure including a region sized and configured to accommodate fixation of the structure to at least one vertebra.
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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.
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- 1. An apparatus comprising a structure sized and configured for implantation in tissue within a pharyngeal wall, the structure including a region sized and configured to accommodate fixation of the structure to at least one vertebra.
- 2. An apparatus comprising a structure sized and configured for implantation in tissue within a tongue and/or vallecula to fixate and/or brace tissue along a pharyngeal conduit.
- 26. A system comprising at least two apparatuses, at least one of the apparatuses comprising a structure sized and configured for implantation in tissue within a pharyngeal wall, the structure including a region sized and configured to accommodate fixation of the structure to at least one vertebra, and at least another one of the apparatuses comprising a structure sized and configured for implantation in tissue within a tongue and/or vallecula to fixate and/or brace tissue along a pharyngeal conduit.
- 30. An apparatus to brace or fixate tissue in targeted pharyngeal structures and/or individual anatomic components within the pharyngeal conduit comprising a material including one or more liquid components that is injected into tissue as a liquid or slurry and that sets in situ to create a non-liquid mechanical implant structure.
- 33. An apparatus to brace or fixate tissue in targeted pharyngeal structures and/or individual anatomic components within the pharyngeal conduit comprising a kinetic structure sized and configured with a desired shape by virtue of magnetic forces that provide magnetic field resistance to shape change.
- 38. An apparatus to brace or fixate tissue in targeted pharyngeal structures and/or individual anatomic components within the pharyngeal conduit comprising a kinetic structure including a shape memory ferromagnetic material that provides resistance to shape change.
- 42. A Apparatus to brace or fixate tissue in targeted pharyngeal structures and/or individual anatomic components within the pharyngeal conduit comprising a chamber sized and configured to be located outside of the pharyngeal conduit and to hold a pressure that is less than atmospheric pressure.
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