Patent Application - Method and apparatus to treat conditions of the naso-pharyngeal area > Summary

US Patent Application

Patent Application No. US 20040020497

Published on Feb 5, 2004

Application No. 10/629145

Filed on Jul 29, 2003

Priority Date -

Inventor/Applicants

Knudson, Mark B. (21)

Tweden, Katherine S. (4)

Conrad, Timothy R. (24)

Abstract

A patient's upper airway condition such as snoring and sleep apnea is treated by selecting a particulate material selected for limited migration within tissue and for encouraging a fibrotic response of tissue to the material. A bolus of the particulate material is injected into the tissue area to structurally stiffen the tissue.

Classification

International:

A61F 2/02

National: 2

128/898.

623/237.20;