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Anti-snoring device and method

  • US 6,467,485 B1
  • Filed: 10/01/2001
  • Issued: 10/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device that inhibits snoring, comprising:

  • an applicator having a handle and a distal free end;

    a flexible material having sufficient rigidity to inhibit vibration of a soft pallet when air flows past said soft pallet;

    said flexible material being disposed in overlying relation to said distal free end of said applicator;

    a thin layer of a non-toxic adhesive disposed in overlying relation to said flexible material;

    whereby said material is pressed against said soft pallet so that said material is transferred from said distal free end to said soft pallet when said adhesive adheres to said soft pallet;

    whereby said material adds sufficient rigidity to said soft pallet to inhibit vibration of said soft pallet when air flows past said soft pallet.

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