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Patent Inventor Names
Andrew Frazier0
Chad C. Roue0
Erik J. van der Burg0
Michael T. Dineen0
Date of Patent
August 16, 2011
0Patent Application Number
109582050
Date Filed
October 4, 2004
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Methods and devices are disclosed for manipulating the airway, such as to treat obstructive sleep apnea. An implant is positioned within the body with respect to the airway. The spatial orientation of the airway is manipulated, directly or indirectly, to affect the configuration of the airway. In general, the implant is manipulated to displace the trachea in an inferior direction, resist superior displacement of the trachea and/or to alter the tracheal wall tension. The implant restrains the trachea in the manipulated configuration.
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