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Pressure application method

  • US 5,343,878 A
  • Filed: 06/01/1993
  • Issued: 09/06/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In the medical treatment of sleep apnea syndrome, the method of treatment comprised of applying to frontal portions of a patient'"'"'s neck a pressure sufficiently less than ambient pressure to distend adjacent neck tissue in a manner effective for alleviating obstruction of the patient'"'"'s airway in sleep.

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