Hypnoz Therapeutic Devices has signed an agreement with LMA North America to distribute its Jaw Elevation Device (JED), a noninvasive device designed to assist dentists in maintaining an open airway in patients who are sedated or anesthetized and whose breathing may be compromised.
The product lifts the patient's head to flex the neck and elevates the mandible while rotating the head backwards, creating the "classic sniffing position," according to Hypnoz.
"Approximately one-third of the 38 million surgical procedures in the U.S. require an anesthesia care provider to provide sedation while manually supporting the airway," said William Mazzei, M.D., chief medical officer of Hypnoz, in a press release. "Hypnoz believes that the JED will be used as the 'hands-free' solution in all of these cases and will become the standard of care for airway protection when sedation or anesthesia is required but the procedure does not necessitate an endotracheal tube or laryngeal mask airway."
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