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Pharyngeal wall treatment

  • US 8,424,531 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2010
  • Issued: 04/23/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A stabilizing suture that treats a patient'"'"'s pharyngeal airway, the suture comprising:

  • a non-resorbable portion located centrally between first and second resorbable portions, the non-resorbable portion including a non-resorbable suture core, the core being sized so as to be fully recessed behind a pharyngeal wall of the patient'"'"'s pharyngeal airway in use, the first and second resorbable portions including suture tie-offs extending from each end of the suture core, the suture tie-offs being made entirely of resorbable material.

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