Patents Assigned to 5i Sciences
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPENING AN AIRWAY
    Publication number: 20110066086
    Abstract: A device and a method for creating and/or maintaining an obstruction free upper respiratory passages. The device is configured to fit under the chin of a subject adjacent to the subject's neck at an external location corresponding approximately with the subject's internal soft tissue associated with the neck's anterior triangle. The device is capable of exerting negative pressure on the surface of a subject's neck, displacing the soft tissue forward and enlarging the airway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: 5I SCIENCES
    Inventors: Jerome Aarestad, Richard Rose, John Nelson, Donna Palmer, Paulo Rangel
  • Device and method for opening an airway
    Patent number: 7762263
    Abstract: A device and a method for creating and/or maintaining an obstruction free upper airway. The device is configured to fit under the chin of a subject adjacent to the subject's neck at an external location corresponding approximately with the subject's internal soft tissue associated with the neck's anterior triangle. The device is capable of exerting negative pressure on the surface of a subject's neck, displacing the soft tissue forward and enlarging the airway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: 5i Sciences
    Inventors: Jerome Aarestad, Richard Rose, John Nelson, Donna Palmer
  • Device and method for opening an airway
    Publication number: 20080163875
    Abstract: A device and a method for creating and/or maintaining an obstruction free upper airway. The device is configured to fit under the chin of a subject adjacent to the subject's neck at an external location corresponding approximately with the subject's internal soft tissue associated with the neck's anterior triangle. The device is capable of exerting negative pressure on the surface of a subject's neck, displacing the soft tissue forward and enlarging the airway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: 5i Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Aarestad, Richard Rose, John Nelson, Donna Palmer