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US5003994:
Oral appliance for improving breathing and methods of using and making same
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Cook, George W.; Holdingford, MN 56340
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1991-04-02
/ 1989-10-10
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| Application Number: |
US1989000419076
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| IPC Code: |
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A61F 5/56;
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IPC-7:
A61F 5/56;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/848;
128/859;
128/861;
Original:
128/848;
128/859;
128/861;
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| Field of Search: |
128/846-848,859-862
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| Priority Number: |
| 1989-10-10 |
US1989000419076 |
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| Abstract: |
A new and improved oral appliance for improving breathing, reducing or eliminating snoring, and preventing sleep apnea has a rigid shell with an upper tray, a lower cam structure to advance the mandible structure forward with respect to the maxilla structure, stops to hold the mouth partially open, and a soft resilient pliable socket inside of the tray. The pliable socket has tooth sockets for a plurality of upper teeth, and a gum socket for the maxilla gigiva tissue enabling the pliable socket to conform to the users dental structure and to spread the stress loading to maxilla structure without pain. Methods of using and making the appliance are also provided.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Kovar, Henry C. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
DeMille, Danton D.; Owens, Kerry
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| Maintenance Status: |
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim as my invention:
1. An oral appliance for improving breathing during sleep, for reducing apneic events, and for reducing snoring, comprising:
- (a) a rigid structural shell
- (b) relatively pliable uprigth tooth socket means for conformably engaging upright inner and outer surfaces of a plurality of maxilla teeth;
- (c) generally generally vertical cam structure means projecting downward from a front end of said rigid structural shell for engaging and advancing the mandible structure forward with respect to the maxilla structure; and in which
- (d) said pliable tooth socket means is sufficiently soft and pliable so that it does not move a users teeth when the appliance is worn for a period of sleep, so that use of the appliance repetitively for extended periods of sleep is essentially painless.
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