公开(公告)号：US20120240940A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-27

申请号：US13233422

申请日：2011-09-15

申请人： JOE PARASCHAC ,  RYAN P. BOUCHER ,  EDWARD M. GILLIS ,  OCTAVIAN IANCEA ,  ANDREW W. KRAMER ,  BRIAN K. MCCOLLUM ,  SCOTT A. MCGILL ,  LIONEL M. NELSON ,  Andres D. Tomas

发明人： JOE PARASCHAC ,  RYAN P. BOUCHER ,  EDWARD M. GILLIS ,  OCTAVIAN IANCEA ,  ANDREW W. KRAMER ,  BRIAN K. MCCOLLUM ,  SCOTT A. MCGILL ,  LIONEL M. NELSON ,  Andres D. Tomas

IPC分类号： A61F5/56

CPC分类号： A61F5/566 ,  A61F5/56 ,  Y10S602/902

摘要： Systems and methods are provided for resisting posterior movement of the tongue during sleep, thereby keeping an airway open. The systems and methods employ a first structure that can be placed either in or on a tongue within an oral cavity and/or in a region of hyoid muscle. The first structure includes a ferromagnetic material. The systems and methods employ a second structure that can be placed either in or on external tissue outside the oral cavity and/or in or on external tissue outside the oral cavity in a desired relationship with the first structure. The second structure includes a magnetic material that magnetically interacts with the ferromagnetic material by attracting the ferromagnetic material, thereby resisting posterior movement of the tongue.

摘要翻译： 提供了系统和方法，用于抵抗睡眠期间舌头的后运动，从而保持呼吸道畅通。 该系统和方法采用可以放置在口腔内和/或舌骨区域内或舌上的第一结构。 第一结构包括铁磁材料。 该系统和方法采用第二结构，该第二结构可以以与第一结构的期望的关系置于口腔外部和/或外部组织外部和/或外部组织中或外部组织中。 第二结构包括通过吸引铁磁材料与铁磁材料磁性相互作用的磁性材料，从而抵抗舌头的后部运动。

公开(公告)号：US20110316705A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-29

申请号：US13212488

申请日：2011-08-18

申请人： NICOLAAS deVRIES ,  RYAN P. BOUCHER ,  ERIC N. DOELLING

发明人： NICOLAAS deVRIES ,  RYAN P. BOUCHER ,  ERIC N. DOELLING

IPC分类号： G08B23/00

CPC分类号： A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/4806 ,  A61B5/682 ,  A61B5/6822 ,  A61B5/6831 ,  A61F5/56

摘要： Systems and methods provide a position sensing component that carries a gravity sensor sized and configured to provide a position dependent output indicative of the relative sleep position of the individual. The position sensing component can take the form of a strap sized and configured to be worn about the neck, or be integrated into a therapeutic oral appliance sized and configured to be worn within an oral cavity of the individual. The position sensing component is worn by the individual during sleep. The systems and methods compare the position dependent output with one or more benchmark conditions that correlate to a desired sleep position, and generate an alarm output when the individual is not in a desired sleep position, to thereby influence or alter the individual's sleep position to return the individual to a sleep position that correlates to a desired sleep position.

摘要翻译： 系统和方法提供了位置感测部件，其承载重力传感器的尺寸和构造以提供指示个体的相对睡眠位置的位置相关输出。 位置检测部件可以采用尺寸和构造成围绕颈部磨损的带的形式，或者被整合到尺寸和构造成佩戴在个体口腔内的治疗口腔器具中。 睡眠期间个人佩戴位置检测部件。 系统和方法将与位置相关的输出与一个或多个与期望的睡眠位置相关联的基准条件进行比较，并且当个体不在期望的睡眠位置时产生报​​警输出，从而影响或改变个体的睡眠位置以返回 个体到睡眠位置，其与期望的睡眠位置相关。