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US5682903:
Apparatus and method for the reduction of snoring
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Meade, Thomas E.; Albuerque, NM 87104
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1997-11-04
/ 1995-04-12
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| Application Number: |
US1995000420597
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| IPC Code: |
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A61F 5/56;
IPC-7:
A61F 5/56;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F5/56B;
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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: |
128/861,859,848,846,200.24,207.14,776,777
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| Priority Number: |
| 1995-04-12 |
US1995000420597 |
| 1994-12-06 |
US1994000354139 |
| 1992-11-16 |
US1992000977266 |
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| Abstract: |
An apparatus for intra-oral use including a framework having an upper curved platform and a lower curved platform, each of the platforms being defined by two walls extending from and separated by a floor, a material bonded to the upper and lower curved platform adapted to be molded in a shape suitable for relatively snugly receiving maxillary teeth of a user and for relatively loosely receiving mandibular teeth of the user when the user's mouth is closed in a normal closing arch, and a cavity formed between the upper and lower platforms adapted to receive the tongue of the user.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Hafer, Robert A.; Koo, Benjamin
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| Parent Case: |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/354,139, filed Dec. 6, 1994, U.S. Pat. No. 5,467,783, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 07/977,266, filed Nov. 16, 1992 now abandoned.
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AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An apparatus for intra-oral use comprising:
- upper means for snugly fitting over anterior maxillary teeth of a user;
- lower means, integral with the upper means, for loosely fitting over anterior mandibular teeth of the user so as to allow the mandibular teeth to approach the maxillary teeth and come to rest in a normal closing arch such that a relative position of the maxillary teeth and the mandibular teeth when the apparatus is worn is the same as when the apparatus is not worn, the lower means comprising two walls extending from a floor, a rear one of walls extending substantially perpindicular with respect to the floor, the two walls being sufficiently spaced to allow freedom of movement of the mandible in forward and side-to-side directions while preventing rear movement of the mandible; and
- means for receiving a user's tongue, said means being disposed between, and integral with, the upper and lower means.
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"Treatment for Snoring--The Effects of a Prosthetic Treatment on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome-", Japanese article by Nakagawa et al.
Nakagawa et al., "Treatment for Snoring--The Effects of a Prosthetic Treatment on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome-", published in Survey of the Dental World, vol. 73, Special Edition No. 7, Jun. 15, 1989.
"Dental Colleague" advertising material for 1988 seminars by Thomas E. Meade.
"Silent Night" advertising copy.
"Obstructive Sleep Apnea Synchrome: An Update for Dentists", Wayne W. Triplett, D.D.S. and Bruce A. Lund, D.D.S., Jan.-Feb. 1988.
"Treatment of Snoring with a Dental Orthosis", W.W. Schmidt-Nowara, T.E. Meade, R.V. Wiggins, Departments of Medicine and Surgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, May 8-11, 1988.
Brochure: "The NAPA Applicance" (Nocturnal Airway Patency Applicance), Dr. Peter T. George.
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