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Method and apparatus for maintaining airway patency

  • US 6,595,212 B1
  • Filed: 04/17/2000
  • Issued: 07/22/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of relieving a patient of obstructive sleep apnea, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a means of directing exhaled breath from an airway of said patient to a first expandable chamber;

    providing a second expandable chamber for collecting ambient air, wherein said second expandable chamber is operatively connected to said first expandable chamber by a linkage;

    providing an energy storing means further connected to said linkage, wherein said energy storing means actively operates to store energy as a function of said first expandable chamber being expanded by said exhaled breath of said patient and movement of said linkage; and

    utilizing energy from said energy storing means to contract said second expandable chamber and force air from said second expandable chamber and into said airway of said patient.

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