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US4553549:
Oral orthopedic/orthodontic appliance for treating neuromuscular imbalance
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Pope, Bryan M.; Jefferson City, MO 65101
Hawkins, Richard; Gulfport, MS 39501
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1985-11-19
/ 1984-10-09
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| Application Number: |
US1984000659094
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| IPC Code: |
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A61C 7/00;
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IPC-7:
A61N 1/36;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61C7/00; K61C7/10;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
607/072;
433/006;
433/007;
433/140;
Original:
128/421;
128/787;
433/006;
433/007;
433/140;
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| Field of Search: |
128/207.14,419 FR,421,776,787
433/006,7,140
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| Priority Number: |
| 1984-10-09 |
US1984000659094 |
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| Abstract: |
An orthopedic/orthodontic appliance for treating neuromuscular imbalance which interrupts balanced myofacial growth and development which includes mandible fixation means for maintaining the mandible of the user in an essentially neuromuscularly balanced position when the mouth is closed. The appliance also includes a pressure equalization conduit extending from a position exterior the lip seal of the user to a position in the posterior of the oral cavity which is in fluid communication with the pharyngeal cavity so that the pressure in the user's pharyngeal cavity is equalized to the ambient pressure outside the head while the user's mandible is maintained in the essentially neuromuscularly-balanced position.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Hoffmann, Dilworth, Baron & Baron ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Kamm, William E.;
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First Claim:
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We claim:
1. An orthopedic/orthodontic appliance for treating neuromuscular imbalance which results in interruption of balanced myofascial growth and development comprising:
- mandible fixation means which maintains the mandible of the user in an essentially neuromuscularly-balanced position when the mouth is in the closed position, and
- at least one pressure equalization conduit which extends from a position exterior the seal formed by closed lips to a position in the oral cavity which is in fluid communication with the oral-pharyngeal cavity,
whereby the pressure in the user's oral-pharyngeal cavity is equalized to the ambient pressure outside the user's oral cavity while the user's mandible is maintained in said essentially balanced neuromuscular position.
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