发明名称 |
Stiffening pharyngeal wall treatment |
摘要 |
A pharyngeal airway having a pharyngeal wall of a patient at least partially surrounding and defining the airway is treated by selecting an implant dimensioned so as to be implanted at or beneath a mucosal layer of the pharyngeal wall and extending transverse to said wall. The implant has mechanical characteristics for the implant, at least in combination with a fibrotic tissue response induced by the implant, to stiffen said pharyngeal wall to resist radial collapse. The implant is implanted into the pharyngeal wall transverse to a longitudinal axis of the airway. |
申请公布号 |
US8413662(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2013.04.09 |
申请号 |
US201113276146 |
申请日期 |
2011.10.18 |
申请人 |
METZGER ANJA K.;ERICKSON BRIAN J.;SOPP JOHN P.;KNUDSON MARK B.;CONRAD TIMOTHY R.;MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC. |
发明人 |
METZGER ANJA K.;ERICKSON BRIAN J.;SOPP JOHN P.;KNUDSON MARK B.;CONRAD TIMOTHY R. |
分类号 |
A61F5/56;A61F2/00;A61F2/20;A61M31/00;A61M37/00 |
主分类号 |
A61F5/56 |
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