Tongue advancer system for use in a tongue manipulation system

    公开(公告)号:US11026830B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US15534726

    申请日:2015-11-27

    IPC分类号: A61F5/56

    摘要: A tongue advancer system is for use in a tongue manipulation device, comprising a tissue anchor having a set of retractable fingers having a retracted configuration in which the tissue anchor is adapted to be loaded into a delivery tube and a deployed configuration in which the fingers are adapted for extending into tongue tissue in forward and lateral directions. The system further comprises a spacer which extends beyond the maximum forward extent of the retractable fingers. The spacer ensures that the fingers do not puncture the tongue surface.

    Radial imaging system and method
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10368731B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-06

    申请号:US15737355

    申请日:2016-06-07

    摘要: A radial imaging system is provided for capturing an image of an object which extends radially around an image sensor in an object plane. A reflector (42) is used for reflecting incident light (46) to a generally axial direction. The image sensor (40) receives the generally axially directed reflected light, and it has a stepped reflector surface having a series of reflecting linear facets (48) which together form a generally curved, e.g. concave surface. This design enables improved uniformity of the imaging performance with respect to the radial distance to the object being imaged.

    TONGUE MANIPULATION DEVICE, BONE ANCHOR FOR USE IN SUCH DEVICES AND AN ADJUSTMENT METHOD
    7.
    发明申请
    TONGUE MANIPULATION DEVICE, BONE ANCHOR FOR USE IN SUCH DEVICES AND AN ADJUSTMENT METHOD 有权
    乒乓操作装置,用于这种装置的骨锚和调整方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150034094A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-05

    申请号:US14373941

    申请日:2013-02-07

    IPC分类号: A61F5/56 A61B17/00

    摘要: A bone anchor for a tongue manipulation device which has a tissue anchor for attachment to the tongue, the bone anchor, for example for attachment to the mandible and a tether line which fixes the tissue anchor to the bone anchor. The bone anchor has a spool arrangement with a indexing part and a spool part. In a first configuration the spool part is operable to spool the tether line without operation of the indexing part, and in a second configuration the spool part is operable to spool the tether line with operation of the indexing part. This means the spooling to take up slack in the tether line does not cause wear to the indexing springs, and it also means the user can feel when the slack has been taken up.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于舌操作装置的骨锚,其具有用于附接到舌头的组织锚,骨锚,例如用于附接到下颌骨,以及将组织锚定固定到骨锚上的系绳。 骨锚具有带有分度部分和线轴部分的线轴装置。 在第一构造中,线轴部分可操作以在没有分度部分的操作的情况下卷绕系绳,并且在第二构造中,线轴部分可操作以通过分度部分的操作来卷绕系绳线。 这意味着缠绕在系绳中的松动不会导致分度弹簧的磨损,这也意味着用户可以感觉到松弛已经被吸收。