Patent ID: 9198568
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a customized vocal treatment to a subject having a vocal dysfunction caused by a diminished pliability or absence of phonatory mucosa, the method comprising assessing both a cause of the subject's vocal dysfunction and the subject's vocal needs; selecting a specific vocal implant to provide a mucosal tissue with sufficient pliability to produce an approximate desired level of dynamic variation of vocal parameters of pitch or phonation threshold pressure, or both and vocal control in the subject based on both the cause of the subject's vocal dysfunction and the subject's vocal needs, wherein the vocal implant is a liquid, a gel, or a solution of one or more polymers; and implanting the selected vocal implant in a location within glottal, supraglottal, subglottal, or pharyngeal mucosal tissue in the subject that achieves the desired level of dynamic variation of vocal parameters and vocal control to provide a customized vocal treatment specific to the subject's vocal dysfunction and needs.