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US5562106:
Dental appliance for relief of snoring and method of making same
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Heeke, David W.; Lansing, MI 48912
Britt, Walter; Lansing, MI 48906
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1996-10-08
/ 1995-04-28
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| Application Number: |
US1995000430263
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| IPC Code: |
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A61F 5/56;
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IPC-7:
A61C 5/14;
A61F 5/56;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F5/56B;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
128/848;
128/861;
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128/848;
128/861;
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| Field of Search: |
128/848,858,859-862
002/002
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| Priority Number: |
| 1995-04-28 |
US1995000430263 |
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US1994000230478 |
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| Abstract: |
A non-surgical oral appliance for improving breathing, and abating or completely alleviating snoring sounds and symptoms while sleeping. The patient is pre-tested and pre-fitted for the appliance so that appliance positions the mandible in an open position and protrusive position to hold the mouth partially open. The appliance has a right and left extension wherein each extension has upper and lower surfaces pre-molded to the contour of the patient's back teeth. A bridge connects the right and left extensions having been pre-molded to conform to the upper palate of the patient's mouth. The upper and lower surfaces of each extension are spaced to provide optimum mouth height that was pre-tested to alleviate the snoring sound. Upon insertion, the appliance facilitates an air passage for breathing and also allows the patient to talk while remaining virtually invisible to an observer.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Young and Basile, PC. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Brown, Michael A.;
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| Parent Case: |
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/230,478 filed Apr. 20, 1994, now abandoned.
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None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An individualized oral device removably insertable in the mouth of a patient for facilitating breathing while sleeping and to alleviate snoring, the mouth of the patient defined by a maxilla and a mandible, the maxilla and the mandible each having incisor regions, and respective right and back molar regions and right and left bicuspid regions, the device comprising:
- a shell composed of a flexible material, the shell preconfigured to fit the mouth of the patient, the shell having a pair of members capable of releasably contacting and engaging an associated region in the mouth of the patient defined by the location of the molars and the second bicuspids, the members having an upper surface, an opposed lower surface, a lateral lingual surface oriented proximate to the interior of the mouth of the patient when the shell is positioned in the mouth, and an opposed outwardly oriented buccal surface, the lateral surfaces contiguous to and extending between the upper an lower surface, wherein each member extends anteriorly to the region defined by the first bicuspid and posteriorly to the region defined by the second molar and each member engages maxillary and mandibular arches of the associated molar and bicuspid regions labially and lingually, the upper and lower surfaces having depressions defined therein corresponding to the location of the, associated molar region and second bicuspid region, the upper and opposed lower depressions forming biting surfaces wherein said biting surfaces on each respective member are positioned at a fixed height and orientation sufficient to provide a vertical opening in the mouth of the patient to force the mouth open to a position that protrudes the incisor region of the mouth jaw, and thereby forms an obstruction-reduced air passage and an open gap between region defined by the lower and upper incisor teeth of the patient for breathing.
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