Patents Assigned to Airway Metrics LLC
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA
    Publication number: 20120247486
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for diagnosing sleep apnea and for comfortably fitting an oral device to treat the condition. The patient is screened to reduce snoring using a device which changes the airway, and then using an airway dilation simulator having sequentially sized elements to determine the mandibular position maximizing the upper airway dimension. An oral device is then fabricated to retain the maximum position during sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: AIRWAY METRICS LLC
    Inventor: Robert L. Horchover
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA
    Publication number: 20100300457
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for diagnosing sleep apnea and for comfortably fitting an oral device to treat the condition. The patient is screened to reduce snoring using a device which changes the airway, and then using an airway dilation simulator having sequentially sized elements to determine the mandibular position maximizing the upper airway dimension. An oral device is then fabricated to retain the maximum position during sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Airway Metrics LLC
    Inventor: Robert L. Horchover