Tongue retaining oral appliance
    53.
    发明授权
    Tongue retaining oral appliance 有权
    舌保留口器

    公开(公告)号:US08474462B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-02

    申请号:US13512679

    申请日:2011-06-07

    IPC分类号: A61C5/14

    摘要: An oral appliance includes a frame for mounting to a user's teeth and a tongue contacting retaining member extending from the frame and configured in use to limit movement of the tongue toward the user's throat when the user is exercising or sleeping to maintain an open air passageway. The retaining member is positioned relative to the frame such that in use the retaining member contacts the tongue in a zone behind the second molars and in front of the pharyngeal reflex region of the tongue. The retaining member is further configured to lightly contact the tongue, and to apply a restraining force to the tongue as the tongue begins to move toward the user's throat during exercise or as the user falls asleep.

    摘要翻译: 口腔器具包括用于安装到使用者的牙齿的框架以及从框架延伸并配置成在使用者锻炼或睡觉以保持开放空气通道时限制舌头朝向使用者喉部的移动的舌状接触保持构件。 保持构件相对于框架定位,使得在使用中,保持构件在第二磨牙后面的区域和舌头的咽部反射区域的前面接触舌头。 保持构件进一步构造成轻轻地接触舌头,并且在运动期间或当使用者入睡时舌头开始朝向使用者的喉部移动时向舌头施加限制力。

    Devices and methods for transluminal or transthoracic interstitial electrode placement
    56.
    发明授权
    Devices and methods for transluminal or transthoracic interstitial electrode placement 有权
    用于经腔或经胸腔间隙电极放置的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08295947B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-23

    申请号:US11591295

    申请日:2006-10-31

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05

    摘要: Methods and devices for implanting pacing electrodes or other apparatus, or for delivering substances, to the heart of other tissues within the body. A guided tissue penetrating catheter is inserted into a body lumen (e.g., blood vessel) or into a body cavity or space (e.g., the pericardial space) and a penetrator is advanced from the catheter to a target location. In some embodiments, a substance or an apparatus (such as an electrode) may be delivered through a lumen in the penetrator. In other embodiments, a guidewire may be advanced through the penetrator, the penetrating catheter may then be removed and an apparatus (e.g., electrode) may then be advanced over that guidewire. Also disclosed are various implantable electrodes and electrode anchoring apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 用于将起搏电极或其他装置植入或用于输送物质的方法和装置到体内其他组织的心脏。 将引导组织穿透导管插入体腔(例如血管)或插入体腔或空间(例如心包空间)中,并且穿透器从导管前进到目标位置。 在一些实施例中,物质或装置(例如电极)可以通过穿透器中的内腔递送。 在其他实施例中,导丝可以穿过穿透器前进,然后可以移除穿透导管,然后可以在该导丝上前进装置(例如电极)。 还公开了各种可植入电极和电极锚定装置。