<p>An oral device for improving airway patency having a base adapted to be held between a patient's upper and lower teeth and a tongue-engaging member. The tongue-engaging member engages the tongue and displaces the tongue anteriorly when the base is held between the patient's teeth. A vacuum is applied through the base and the tongue-engaging member in order to draw the soft palate against a posterior region of the tongue in order to stabilize the soft palate and open or clear the patient's airway.</p>
申请公布号
EP2595584(A4)
申请公布日期
2015.03.11
申请号
EP20110810152
申请日期
2011.07.08
申请人
APNICURE, INC.
发明人
PODMORE, JONATHAN, L.;VASKA, MATTHIAS;CROWE, JOHN, E.;DANIEL, SEAN, CHRISTOPHER