公开(公告)号：US20070227545A1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-04

申请号：US11757518

申请日：2007-06-04

申请人： TIMOTHY CONRAD ,  Susan Critzer ,  Brian Erickson ,  Anja Metzger ,  John Sopp

发明人： TIMOTHY CONRAD ,  Susan Critzer ,  Brian Erickson ,  Anja Metzger ,  John Sopp

IPC分类号： A61F5/56

CPC分类号： A61F5/566

摘要： An airway condition of a patient is treated by selecting an implant sized to be implanted within a soft palate of the patient. The implant has a tissue-engaging member sized to be implanted within the soft palate near a trailing end of the soft palate to oppose relative movement between the tissue-engaging member and surrounding tissue of the soft palate. The implant further has an elongated tether member with a first end secured to the tissue-engaging member. The implant is placed within the soft palate with the tissue-engaging member implanted within tissue of the soft palate near the trailing end and with the tether member extending from the first end to a second end near a hard palate of the patient. The second end of the tether is secured to the hard palate.

摘要翻译： 通过选择大小被植入患者的软腭中的植入物来治疗患者的气道状况。 所述植入物具有大小适于植入软软腭附近靠近软腭的尾端的组织接合构件，以抵抗组织接合构件与软腭的周围组织之间的相对运动。 植入物还具有细长的系绳构件，其第一端固定到组织接合构件。 将植入物放置在软腭内，其中组织接合构件植入在靠近尾端的软腭的组织内，并且系绳构件从患者的硬腭附近的第一端延伸到第二端。 系绳的第二端固定在硬腭上。