A - Human Necessities – 61 – F
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
F
A61F 5/56 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2745146
A system, method and kit for treating obstructive sleep apnea. The system in-cludes a first implant (22) adapted for implanta-tion in an inframandibular region and having at least one aperture therethrough, and a ribbon-like element (24) having first and second ends and a substantially uniform, non-circular cross section along its length. The ribbon-like element is adapted for implantation in a tongue with the first and second ends extending through the at least one aperture in the first implant for coupling the ribbon-like element with the first implant.
L'invention concerne un système, un procédé et une trousse destinés à traiter l'apnée obstructive du sommeil. Le système comprend un premier implant (22) conçu pour être implanté dans une région de mandibule inférieure et qui comporte au moins une ouverture traversante, et un élément du type ruban (24) qui comporte une première et une seconde extrémité et présente sur sa longueur une section sensiblement uniforme non circulaire. L'élément du type ruban est conçu pour être implanté dans la langue, la première et la seconde extrémité de celui-ci se déployant à travers la ou les ouverture(s) du premier implant afin de coupler l'élément au premier implant.
Jacobs John R.
Lindh David Sr.
Rousseau Robert A.
Weadock Kevin S.
Ethicon Inc.
Norton Rose Or S.e.n.c.r.l. S.r.l./llp
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