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Airway implant

  • US 7,401,611 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2007
  • Issued: 07/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for treating a condition of a patient'"'"'s airway wherein said condition is attributed at least in part to a spacing of a base of a tongue from opposing surfaces of a pharyngeal wall of said airway;

  • said method comprising;

    selecting at least one implant of fibrosis-inducing material having a longitudinal dimension from a proximal and to a distal end and a transverse dimension narrower than said longitudinal dimension;

    placing said implant within said tongue with said longitudinal dimension extend from the proximal end near a jaw bone of said patient to the distal end near the base of the tongue.

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