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Patent Inventor Names
Jerry C. Griffin0
Mark B. Knudson0
Timothy R. Conrad0
Date of Patent
August 14, 2007
0Patent Application Number
109382550
Date Filed
September 9, 2004
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A method and apparatus for treating snoring of a patient includes providing an implant for altering a dynamic response of a soft palate of the patient to airflow past the soft palate. The implant is embedded in the soft palate to alter the dynamic response. For example, the implant has a mass, stiffness or dampening sufficient to alter the dynamic response following the implantation without substantially impairing a function of the soft palate to close a nasal passage of the patient during swallowing.
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