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    • 2. 发明申请
    • ON-OFF IMPLANT FOR SUPPORTING THE TONGUE
    • 用于支持TONGUE的ON-OFF植入物
    • US20090165803A1
    • 2009-07-02
    • US12261978
    • 2008-10-30
    • NIKHIL D. BHATAnant V. HegdeKasey LiMatthew GoebelHongPeng Wang
    • NIKHIL D. BHATAnant V. HegdeKasey LiMatthew GoebelHongPeng Wang
    • A61F5/56
    • A61F5/566
    • The present invention provides an implant for stabilizing the tongue, including: a first anchoring portion for securing a first end of the implant with the mandibula; a control portion connected with the anchoring portion, configured for selectively activating the implant; a flexible portion connected at its proximal end with the control portion, the flexible portion having three-dimensional flexibility in a non-energized state and the flexible portion having a lesser three-dimensional flexibility in a energized state, the flexible portion being selectively switchable between the non-energized and energized states by the control portion, wherein the flexible portion can be an electroactive polymer element having: a composite layer having a polymer substrate and a biocompatible conductive material, wherein the composite layer also can be opposing surfaces; and a conductive polymer layer disposed on at least one of the opposing surfaces of the composite layer; and a second anchoring portion connected with the flexible portion, the second anchoring portion being configured for connecting the implant with the base of the tongue. Some embodiments include a housing designed to conform to the shape of the palate. Some embodiments include an attachment element to secure the device to tissue. Methods of treating airway disorders such as sleep apnea and snoring with the airway implant device are disclosed herein.
    • 本发明提供了一种用于稳定舌头的植入物,包括:第一锚固部分,用于固定植入物的第一端与下颌骨; 与所述锚定部分连接的控制部分,被配置为选择性地启动所述植入物; 其柔性部分在其近端处与控制部分连接,柔性部分具有处于非通电状态的三维柔性,并且柔性部分在通电状态下具有较小的三维柔性,柔性部分可选择性地在 所述柔性部分可以是电活性聚合物元件,所述电活性聚合物元件具有:具有聚合物基底和生物相容的导电材料的复合层,其中所述复合层也可以是相对的表面; 以及设置在复合层的至少一个相对表面上的导电聚合物层; 以及与所述柔性部分连接的第二锚固部分,所述第二锚固部分构造成用于将所述植入物与所述舌头的基部连接。 一些实施例包括设计成符合腭形状的外壳。 一些实施例包括用于将装置固定到组织的附接元件。 本文公开了用气道植入装置处理呼吸道疾病如睡眠呼吸暂停和打鼾的方法。
    • 4. 发明授权
    • Tethered airway implants and methods of using the same
    • 束缚气道植入物及其使用方法
    • US07909037B2
    • 2011-03-22
    • US11737107
    • 2007-04-18
    • Anant V. HegdeKasey Kai-Chi LiNikhil D. BhatDoyeon KimGeorge Y. Choi
    • Anant V. HegdeKasey Kai-Chi LiNikhil D. BhatDoyeon KimGeorge Y. Choi
    • A61F5/56A61F13/00A61F5/04A61F2/30A61F2/00A61B19/00A61B17/56A61B17/58A61B17/70
    • A61F5/56A61B2017/248A61F5/566G02B26/0841H02N1/008Y10S602/902
    • 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 includes a deformable element to control the opening of an air passageway and a tether. 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. Also disclosed is an implant for stabilizing the tongue, the implant having an anchoring portion for securing a first end of the implant with the mandibula; a control portion connected with the anchoring portion, configured for selectively activating the implant; a flexible portion connected at its proximal end with the control portion, where the flexible portion has three-dimensional flexibility in a first state and where the flexible portion has a lesser three-dimensional flexibility in a second state, and where the flexible portion is selectively switchable between the first and second state by the control portion; and an anchoring portion for connecting the implant with the base of the tongue connected with the distal end of the flexible portion. Methods of treating airway disorders such as sleep apnea and snoring with the airway implant device are disclosed herein.
    • 公开了一种用于在空气通道中保持和/或形成开口的气道植入装置。 还公开了使用该装置的方法。 气道植入装置包括可变形元件以控制空气通道和系绳的开口。 优选地,可变形元件是电活性聚合物元件。 电活性聚合物元件的通电为空气通道的壁提供支撑,当壁崩溃时,从而完全或部分地打开空气通道。 还公开了一种用于稳定舌头的植入物,植入物具有用于固定植入物的第一端与下颌骨的锚固部分; 与所述锚定部分连接的控制部分,被配置为选择性地启动所述植入物; 其柔性部分在其近端连接有控制部分,其中柔性部分在第一状态下具有三维柔性,并且柔性部分在第二状态下具有较小的三维柔性,并且其中柔性部分是选择性的 通过控制部在第一状态和第二状态之间切换; 以及用于将植入物与与柔性部分的远端连接的舌头的基部连接的锚固部分。 本文公开了用气道植入装置处理呼吸道疾病如睡眠呼吸暂停和打鼾的方法。