The invention relates to devices and methods for reforming tissue surrounding the airway of a subject suffering from obstructive sleep apnea so as to open the airway and alleviate the occurrence of apneic events. The pharmaceutical compositions can be orally ingested or administered parenterally. The capacitor has at least a thermofusion material between electrodes of the capacitor, and the melting point of the thermofusion material is in the region of the set temperature. Encryption is used to further enhance security levels. A decision is made whether to market the intellectual property asset based at least in part on the marketing assessment. The non-multiple delay element values may be implemented so that a magnitude of phase shift imparted by a given delay element of a phase shifting scheme is not a multiple or a factor of the magnitude of the phase shift imparted by any other delay element employed in the same phase shifting scheme.