Patents Assigned to 5i Sciences, Inc.
  • 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