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US7328705:
Dental appliance for improving airflow through nasal-pharyngeal airway
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Abramson, Mark; Redwood City, CA, United States of America 94061
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
2008-02-12
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| Application Number: |
US2003000386063
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61C 5/14;
A61F 5/56;
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A61C 5/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61F5/56B;
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| U.S. Class: |
128/848;
606/199;
128/206.11;
128/859;
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| Field of Search: |
128/848,859,861,862,206.11,204.14
606/199,198,204.45
433/006
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| Government Interest: |
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
Not Applicable
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| Abstract: |
A dental device comprises an intraoral nasal dilator and a mandibular repositioner working synergistically as an anti-snoring device. The device has a lower segment of thermoplastic material which is formed to fit over the lower teeth and is connected to an upper section of molded material extending between the upper jaw and the upper lip by a wire connector. The wire connector has mechanisms allowing adjustment of the lower jaw positioning. A wire extension with acrylic pads at end is bonded in the midline of the flange and extends out so that the pads stretch the tissue of the lip and lateral nasal walls preventing collapse during respiration while the anterior repositioning of the lower jaw maintains opening of the posterior pharyngeal airway during sleep functioning as an anti-snoring device. Additional applications of the intraoral nasal dilator include incorporation into sports mouth guards using a variety of materials.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Fliesler Meyer LLP ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Bianco, Patricia; Nguyen, Camtu
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1. A device adapted to be positioned at least partially in a mouth of a user to reduce resistance of air flow in one or both of the pharyngeal region and a nasal channel, the device comprising: a mandibular repositioner including: a base unit removably mountable on the lower jaw; and an upper section connected with the base unit, the upper section being positioned anterior to the upper dental arch when the base unit is removably mounted on the lower jaw; wherein the base unit includes: an occlusal wall, a lateral wall connected with the occlusal wall and extending away from the upper section, and a lingual wall connected with the occlusal wall and extending away from the upper section, wherein the occlusal wall, the lateral wall and the lingual wall provide a structure for receiving at least a portion of the lower jaw: wherein the mandibular repositioner is adapted to urge the lower jaw in an anterior direction relative to the upper dental arch when the base unit is mounted on the lower jaw: and a pair of buttons connected with the mandibular repositioner and arrangeable between the upper jaw and the upper lip such that a pressure applied to the upper lip dilates the nasal channel.
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J. Wellington Truitt, Jr., B.S., D.D.S., The Frankel Appliance, Advanced Orthopdic and Orthodontic Therapy, Chapter 7, Clinical Foundation of Orthodontics and Orthopedics, P.O. Box 130, Gainesville, Texas 76240, USA.
Dentaurum™ Lip Bumpers Model 748-009-00 and 748-114-00, http://www.gacintl.com/onlinecat—a.html,, p. 143, Catalog 12 is first documented by a web archival service (waybackmachine.org) on Jun. 4, 2004.
CetlinŽ IdealŽ Lip Bumper and Molded Lip Bumper, http://www.gacintl.com/onlinecat—a.html, p. 74, Catalog 12 is first documented by a web archival service (waybackmachine.org) on Jun. 4, 2004.
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