Managing obstructive sleep apnea and/or snoring using local time released agents

A method for managing at least one breathing condition may include storing an agent near a patient's airway and delivering the agent to the mucosal tissue in the pharyngeal area in a time-released manner during a sleep period. The delivered agent may cause increased contraction of muscle tissue...

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Hauptverfasser:	HAUSMANN GILBERT, CAMPBELL SHANNON ELEANOR
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DENTISTRY DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A method for managing at least one breathing condition may include storing an agent near a patient's airway and delivering the agent to the mucosal tissue in the pharyngeal area in a time-released manner during a sleep period. The delivered agent may cause increased contraction of muscle tissue in the pharyngeal area.