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US7748386:
Oral appliance for treating a breathing condition
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US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Thornton, W. Keith; Dallas, TX, United States of America 75220

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None

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2010-07-06
/ 2006-04-06

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Application Number: |
US2006000278918

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A61C 5/14;
A61F 5/56;

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A61F5/56B;

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128/848;
128/846;
128/859;
128/860;
128/861;
128/862;
602/902;

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128/201.18,201.26,204.18,846,848,859-862
602/902

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Priority Number: |
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Abstract: |
In certain embodiments, an apparatus for treating a breathing condition includes a body, a threaded member, a hook, and a receiver. The body comprises a front stop, a rear stop, and a guide extending between the stops. The threaded member couples between the stops and rotates relative to the body. The hook couples to the guide, comprises a threaded passage and an arm that engages a lower arch, and travels in a forward direction along the guide to adjust the position of the lower arch. The receiver couples to the lower arch and comprises a shelf that engages the arm of the hook. The apparatus may include an extender coupled to the receiver and providing a shelf that is more rearward than the shelf of the receiver. The apparatus may include a post that couples the apparatus to another device. In certain embodiments, a removable receiver, which may be one of a plurality of removable receivers with different dimensions, is removably positioned within a recess in a posterior surface of a lower arch and is engaged by a connector of an upper arch to define the relative positions of the arches.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Baker Botts L.L.P. ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Bianco, Patricia M; Jackson, Brandon

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1. An apparatus for use in treating a breathing condition, comprising: a body for coupling to an upper dental arch, the body comprising a front stop, a rear stop, and a guide extending between the front stop and rear stop; a threaded member configured to be coupled between the front stop and rear stop of the body and configured to rotate relative to the body; a hook configured to be coupled to the guide, comprising a threaded passage configured to engage the threaded member, and comprising an arm configured to engage a lower dental arch, the hook configured to travel in a forward direction along the guide between the front stop and rear stop of the body in response to rotational adjustment of the threaded member to adjust the lower dental arch to an optimum position in the forward direction for a particular user's anatomy and breathing condition; a receiver configured to be coupled to the lower dental arch, the receiver comprising a shelf extending in a rearward direction opposite the forward direction and configured to engage the arm of the hook; and an extender configured to be coupled to the receiver and providing a shelf that is more rearward than the shelf of the receiver such that engagement of the shelf of the extender provides additional extension of the lower dental arch in the forward direction relative to engagement of the shelf of the receiver.

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