Patent ID: 6578580
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A kit for use in treating snoring of a patient suffering from snoring attributable, at in least in part, to a snoring sound generated by oscillation of a soft palate of said patient in response to airflow past said soft palate, said kit comprising the following in combination:an implant of bio-compatible material sized to be embedded within said soft palate and induce a stiffening of the soft palate to resist said oscillation; a needle having a distal tip for penetrating into the soft palate, said needle having an axially extending bore; said implant pre-loaded within said bore at said distal tip; said bore sized to receive a rod from a proximal end of said needle with said rod opposing said implant to eject said implant from said distal tip upon relative sliding movement of said needle and said rod.