A - Human Necessities – 61 – F
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
F
A61F 2/02 (2006.01) A61F 5/56 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2747842
An adjustable soft palate support and an implantation method are provided. The adjustable soft palate support is a flat implant made of a material capable of being implanted into a human body for a long term, including a hard palate connecting end and a support. The support is a flat implant capable of being inserted into a soft palate, and is connected to the hard palate connecting end. The hard palate connecting end includes a connecting structure and an adjustment mechanism connected to a hard palate. The connecting structure on the hard palate connecting end is configured to fix the support to the hard palate, and the adjustment mechanism on the hard palate connecting end is configured to control the movement or a curvature of the support or a lifting degree of the soft palate. Since the hard palate connecting end is fixed to the hard palate, and the support is implanted into a muscular layer of the soft palate, a relaxed and collapsed soft palate and a root portion of a tongue are lifted by using the hard palate as a supporting point. Since swallowing occurs frequently in a non-sleep state, the adjustment mechanism is set to be in an on state, so that the support implanted into the soft palate can move with the natural swinging of the soft palate, so as to reduce interference with swallowing; and before sleep, a control key of the adjustment mechanism on the hard palate is pushed with a finger or an apex of tongue to set the adjustment mechanism to be in an off state, so that the support implanted into the soft palate can lift the soft palate, and change a central axis of the soft palate during natural swinging by lifting the soft palate towards the tongue root, so as to enlarge an airway of a pharynx during breathing, thereby achieving the objectives of treating snoring and obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).
La présente invention concerne un support ajustable pour voile du palais se présentant sous la forme dun implant plat constitué d'un matériau qui peut être implanté dans le corps humain pour une longue durée. Il comporte un support (2) susceptible dêtre inséré dans le voile du palais ainsi quune extrémité de raccordement à la voûte palatine (1) permettant un raccordement à ladite voûte palatine. Ladite extrémité de raccordement à la voûte palatine (1) comporte une structure de raccordement (11) conçue pour fixer lextrémité de raccordement à la voûte palatine (1) à la voûte palatine, et un mécanisme dajustement (12) conçu pour régler le déplacement ou la courbure du support (2), ou régler le degré de soulèvement du voile du palais. Lorsque le mécanisme dajustement (12) est en fonctionnement, le support (2) implanté dans le voile du palais peut se déplacer avec le mouvement naturel du voile du palais. Lorsque le mécanisme dajustement (12) ne fonctionne pas, le support (2) implanté dans le voile du palais peut soulever ledit voile du palais en le relevant vers la racine de la langue, ce qui modifie laxe central du voile du palais pendant le mouvement naturel et agrandit de ce fait la voie aérienne pharyngienne pendant la respiration.
Zhang Xiangmin
Zhou Xing
Fasken Martineau Dumoulin Llp
Zhang Xiangmin
Zhou Xing
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