• Patent Title: Elastic tongue-dorsum retraction device, clamping pliers, installation pliers, line guide and implantation method
  • Application No.: US14384367
    Application Date: 2013-12-31
  • Publication No.: US09675494B2
    Publication Date: 2017-06-13
  • Inventor: Xiangmin ZhangXing Zhou
  • Applicant: Xiangmin ZhangXing Zhou
  • Applicant Address: CN Guangzhou
  • Assignee: GUANGZHOU T.K. MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CO., LTD.
  • Current Assignee: GUANGZHOU T.K. MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CO., LTD.
  • Current Assignee Address: CN Guangzhou
  • Agency: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • Priority: CN201310043949 20130204; CN201320063137U 20130204; CN201310423258 20130916; CN201310423312 20130916; CN201310423315 20130916; CN201310423351 20130916; CN201310423353 20130916; CN201310423355 20130916; CN201310423417 20130916; CN201310733988 20131226; CN201310738009 20131227
  • International Application: PCT/CN2013/091266 WO 20131231
  • International Announcement: WO2014/117631 WO 20140807
  • Main IPC: A61F5/56
  • IPC: A61F5/56 A61C3/10
Elastic tongue-dorsum retraction device, clamping pliers, installation pliers, line guide and implantation method
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an elastic tongue-dorsum refraction device for treating obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), clamping pliers, installation pliers, a line guide, and an implantation method. The elastic tongue-dorsum refraction device of the present invention includes a tongue dorsum connection mechanism, an elastic retractor and a tooth-side fastener. The tongue dorsum connection mechanism is disposed at the tongue dorsum portion, the tooth-side fastener is fixed to teeth or the alveolar bone or outside the maxilla and mandible lips, one end of the elastic retractor is connected to the tooth-side fastener, and the other end of the elastic retractor is connected to the tongue dorsum connection mechanism. In this way, an elastic retraction device using the tooth-side fastener as a fulcrum is formed. By pulling up the sagging tongue root forward, stenosis and obstruction of the airway at the glossopharyngeal portion are prevented, thereby providing a function of treating snoring and OSAHS. Since the elastic refractor exerts an elastic retraction force on the tongue dorsum portion, the movement of the tongue tip is not affected when the tongue root is properly pulled up, so that a clear language function and an adequate swallowing function can be maintained, and not only the airway at the glossopharyngeal portion is enlarged, but also good comfort is provided. In addition, the present invention further discloses clamping pliers, installation pliers and a line guide for use together with the elastic tongue-dorsum retraction device, and an implantation method of the elastic tongue-dorsum retraction device.
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