Patent ID: 8807137
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: A61F,A61N

Abstract:
1. An implant system comprising a first magnetic component sized and configured to be implanted in the back of the tongue, a second magnetic component sized and configured to be implanted across an airway from the first magnetic component in a posterior or posterior-lateral pharyngeal wall, the airway having a midline, a first section and a second section, each of the first and second magnetic components having a first portion disposed on a first side of the midline and a second portion disposed on a second side of the midline opposite the first portion, the second portions of the first and second magnetic components magnetically repelling each other to open the first section of the airway on the second side of the midline, and the first portions of the first and second magnetic components magnetically attracting each other to narrow or close the second section of the airway on the first side of the midline, thereby stabilizing the magnetic repulsion force between the second portions of the first and second magnetic components and the open first section of the airway.