Patent ID: 9724229
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. An implantable tongue pulling device, configured to be implanted into a mandible and a tongue body of a human being to tighten a tongue dorsum and/or a tongue base of the human being, comprising: a pull plate, wherein the pull plate is an implant capable of being implanted under a mucous membrane layer of the tongue body, and includes one or more through holes for facilitating growth of fibrous tissues and pull line fixing mechanisms; a pull line, wherein the pull line is a thread made of a material capable of being implanted into the human being; and a retractor, the retractor including a control switch capable of adjusting a tension of the pull line, a pull line fixing device capable of fixing the pull line, and a casing, wherein the control switch and the pull line fixing device are mounted in the casing, the control switch comprising a tightening switch, a loosening switch, and a ratchet, wherein: pressing the tightening switch causes the ratchet to rotate, thereby driving the pull line fixing device to tighten the pull line, pressing the loosening switch causes the ratchet to be released, thereby driving the pull line fixing device to loosen the pull line, and the pull line has a first end connected to the pull plate and a second end connected to the retractor.