Does your bedmate's roaring snoring (search) keep you awake? A permanent polyester palate implant may be the key to a good night's sleep. Once simply called the Anti-Snoring Device (search), the ...

Tiny cylinders implanted in the soft palate at the back of the mouth may be a long-term solution for some people with obstructive sleep apnea. That's according to Loyola University's Regina Walker, MD ...

A new approach to treating snoring and sleep apnea may finally give many patients what they long for most — a good night's sleep. There are a range of effective treatments for sleep apnea and snoring, ...

March 8, 2005 — The European Commission has approved for use in the European Union a hexaminolevulinate product to enhance photodetection of early-stage bladder cancer, a palatal implant system for ...

For every husband or wife who has been driven from the bedroom as a result of his or her spouse's snoring, there may be hope. A new treatment designed to reduce snoring seems to be effective in ...

Medtronic has announced it has received expanded FDA clearance for its Pillar Palatal Implant system, according to a news release. The system is designed to help reduce snoring severity. It was ...

UNDATED HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo explains what's involved. There are over 300 devices registered with the U.S. Patent Office, and they're all geared at stopping snoring. This new procedure ...

Gerard O’Donnell is a firefighter, so his snoring — which sounds like a chain saw fighting its way through 500 pounds of toffee — is a problem at work as well as at home. His girlfriend frequently ...

Medtronic Inc. of Fridley has sold off its operations that manufactured and marketed the Pillar Palatal Implant System, a procedure in which thin polyester implants are inserted into a patient's soft ...

While lateral radiographs provide "reliable evaluation" of the quantity of bone in preoperative diagnosis of palatal implants, additional 3D imaging is only required in rare cases of borderline ...