Patents Assigned to SILEOMED, INC.
  • Apparatus, systems, and methods for constraining and/or supporting tissue structures along an airway
    Publication number: 20110155142
    Abstract: Systems and methods implant structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth. The structures can be sized and configured to resist buckling of tissue structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth in a cranial direction. The systems and methods can also be sized and configured, singly or in combination, for stabilizing a hyoid bone, and/or stabilizing a tongue, and/or suspending a tongue, and/or providing neuro-muscular stimulation of tissue structures in, on, or near the floor of the mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: SILEOMED, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan P. Boucher, Winfried Hohenhorst, Eric N. Doelling