Airway implant and methods of making and using

A - Human Necessities – 61 – F

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A61F 5/56 (2006.01) A61N 1/18 (2006.01)

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CA 2583390

An airway implant device for maintaining and/or creating an opening in air passageways is disclosed. Methods of using the device are also disclosed. The airway implant device comprises a deformable element to control the opening of an air passageway. Preferably the deformable element is an electroactive polymer element. Energizing of the electroactive polymer element provides support for the walls of an air passageway, when the walls collapse, and thus, completely or partially opens the air passageway. Methods of treating airway disorders such as sleep apnea and snoring with the airway implant device are disclosed herein.

L'invention concerne un implant pour voies respiratoires permettant de maintenir et/ou de créer une ouverture dans les voies respiratoires et des méthodes d'utilisation de l'implant. L'implant pour voies respiratoires comprend un élément déformable qui permet de régler l'ouverture d'une voie respiratoire. De préférence, cet élément déformable est un élément polymère électroactif. La mise sous tension de l'élément polymère électroactif forme un support pour les parois d'une voie respiratoire, lorsque ces parois s'affaissent, et, par conséquent, ouvre complètement ou partiellement la voie respiratoire. L'invention concerne également des méthodes permettant de traiter les troubles des voies respiratoires tels que l'apnée du sommeil et le ronflement à l'aide de cet implant pour voies respiratoires.

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