Implantable devices, systems, and methods for maintaining desired orientations in targeted tissue regions
First Claim
1. An implant system comprising at least one elongated body sized and configured for implantation in a desired orientation in an epiglottis and/or in a muscle along an upper respiratory tract, and an array of projections extending from the elongated body sized and configured to engage tissue and resist a reorientation of the elongated body within the tissue region out of the desired orientation.
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Abstract
At least one elongated body is sized and configured for implantation in a desired orientation in an epiglottis and/or in a muscle along an upper respiratory tract. An array of projections extends from the elongated body, which is sized and configured to engage tissue and resist a reorientation of the elongated body within the tissue region out of the desired orientation.
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1. An implant system comprising
at least one elongated body sized and configured for implantation in a desired orientation in an epiglottis and/or in a muscle along an upper respiratory tract, and an array of projections extending from the elongated body sized and configured to engage tissue and resist a reorientation of the elongated body within the tissue region out of the desired orientation.
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13. A method comprising
selecting a tissue region in an epiglottis and/or in a muscle along an upper respiratory tract, and providing at least one elongated body sized and configured for implantation in a desired orientation in the tissue region, the elongated body including an array of projections extending from the elongated body sized and configured to engage tissue and resist a reorientation of the elongated body within the tissue region out of the desired orientation, and implanting the at least one elongated body to stabilize a desired orientation of the tissue region.
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