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Article: LENTE Clinic Announces First Patients Treated With the Advance(TM) System for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
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- October 7, 2008
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PLZEN, Czech Republic, October 7 /PRNewswire/ --
LENTE Clinic announced today that it had successfully treated its first patients with the third-generation Advance System implant for obstructive sleep apnea.
Dr.Vaclav Pavelec MD, the site principal investigator, commented, "The Advance System is unique in that it addresses a part of the airway -- the base of tongue -- that is currently not easily treatable with surgical procedures. The Advance System was very simple to implant, and only required a short time to complete. The patients who have received the Advance find it quite tolerable, which is revolutionary in sleep apnea surgery. We are looking ...