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Method and device for treating patients with obstructive sleep apnea by applying negative pressure in oral cavity to patient

A technology for sleep apnea and therapeutic devices, which can be applied in the direction of snoring prevention appliances, other nursing equipment, non-surgical orthopedic operations, etc. It can solve the problems of poor patient adaptability, limited curative effect, and low convenience, and achieve high adaptability.

Active Publication Date: 2008-03-19
SOMNICS INC
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[0007] According to Table 1, some of the above methods have high patient adaptability but limited efficacy or high cost, while some methods have high efficacy but poor patient adaptability and low convenience

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[0051]The invention provides a negative pressure sleep apnea treatment device. Fig. 3A is a schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the negative pressure sleep apnea treatment device of the present invention. In the first specific embodiment, the negative pressure sleep apnea treatment device 3 includes: a vacuum unit 30, used to control and maintain the user's oral cavity in a negative pressure state; a communication tube 32, one end of which is connected to the vacuum unit 30, to suck the air in the user's oral cavity to generate negative pressure inside the user's oral cavity; and a mouth seal 34 is contained in the user's mouth to seal the mouth, the mouth seal 34 is connected to the other end of the communicating tube 32 to prevent air leakage from the user's oral cavity.

[0052] The present invention uses the vacuum unit 30 to suck the air inside the user's oral cavity through the communication tube 32 and the mouth seal 34 , so as to keep the user's oral cavity i...

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Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for treating obstructive sleep apnea by using negative oral pressure to a patient. The present apparatus includes a vacuum unit for controlling and maintaining negative pressure of an oral cavity of the patient, a tube with one end thereof connecting to the vacuum unit to suck out air in the oral cavity to generate the negative pressure therein, and a mouthpiece connecting to the other end of the tube and fitting into and sealing the patient's mouth to prevent the oral cavity from air leakage. By using negative pressure in the oral cavity, the patient's soft palate is pulled toward the oral cavity and the patient's tongue is pulled toward an upper palate so as to maintain the patient's nasal air passageway open.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a treatment method and device for negative pressure sleep apnea. Background technique [0002] Sleep apnea occurs when the muscles in the back of a person's mouth and throat relax, causing a person to stop breathing hundreds of times throughout the night, sometimes for as long as a minute at a time. Figure 1A shows normal breathing in a person during sleep, with the nasal airway kept open. Figure 1B shows upper airway resistance syndrome and snoring symptoms due to the narrowing of the nasal airway due to the relaxation of the muscles of the mouth and back of the throat during sleep. Figure 1C shows that when a person is asleep, the muscles of the back of the mouth and throat are relaxed and the nasal airway is blocked to cause respiratory apnea (Obstructive SleepApnea, OSA). [0003] Over ten percent of the world's population is affected by sleep apnea (OSA), yet only a small fraction of patients are treated. People with sl...

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IPC IPC(8): A61F5/00A61F5/56
Inventor 陈仲竹
Owner SOMNICS INC
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