IMPLANTED SOFT PALATE SUPPORT AN IMPLANTATION METHOD

摘要

AN IMPLANTED SOFT PALATE SUPPORT AND AN IMPLANTATION METHOD ARE PROVIDED. THE IMPLANTED SOFT PALATE SUPPORT IS A FLAT IMPLANT MADE OF A MATERIAL CAPABLE OF BEING IMPLANTED INTO HUMAN TISSUES FOR A LONG TERM, AND INCLUDES A HARD PALATE CONNECTING END (1) AND A SUPPORT (2). THE HARD PALATE CONNECTING END HAS A CONNECTING STRUCTURE (11) CONNECTED WITH A HARD PALATE; THE SUPPORT IS A FLAT IMPLANT (27) CAPABLE OF BEING INSERTED INTO A SOFT PALATE; AND THE HARD PALATE CONNECTING END IS CONNECTED TO THE SUPPORT. THE IMPLANTED SOFT PALATE SUPPORT CAN ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF TREATING OSAHS AND SNORING BY EFFECTIVELY LIFTING THE COLLAPSED SOFT PALATE DURING SLEEP AND THEREBY REDUCING AN UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION CONDITION. CLINICAL APPLICATION HAS PROVED THAT, THE METHOD AND IMPLANTED INSTRUMENT HAVE THE ADVANTAGES OF SMALL WOUND, FEW COMPLICATIONS, AND RELIABLE EFFICACY, THEREBY REALIZING THE OBJECTIVE OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT. IN PARTICULAR, THE SOFT PALATE SUPPORT CAN BE ADJUSTED WITHIN A CERTAIN RANGE TO CALIBRATE ITS SHAPE AND CURVATURE EVENT AFTER THE SURGERY, SO AS TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL TREATMENT AND COMFORT. FIG. 9