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Snoring diagnostic and treatment

Details

Inventors: Brenzel, Michael P.; Zhao, Hugh Qinghong;
Assignee: Pi Medical, Inc. (St. Paul, MN)
Primary Examiner: Winakur; Eric F.
Assistant Examiner: McCrosky; David
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Merchant & Gould P.C.

A diagnostic method is for indicating a patient's susceptibility to treatment of snoring by stiffening a region of the patient's a naso-pharyngeal area includes applying a stiffening agent to an outer surface of the region of the naso-pharyngeal area. The stiffening agent is left in place on the outer surface for at least a temporary period of time. During the temporary period of time, observation is made of any abatement of snoring.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a diagnostic method is disclosed for indicating a patient's susceptibility to treatment of snoring by stiffening a region of the patient's a naso-pharyngeal area.
The method includes applying a stiffening agent to an outer surface of the region of the naso-pharyngeal area.
The stiffening agent is left in place on the outer surface for at least a temporary period of time.
During the temporary period of time, observation is made of any abatement of snoring.
According to an alternative embodiment, the agent is left in place for extended periods or re-applied as desired for a snoring treatment.
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