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US8464709:
Cheek path airway and cheek pouch anchor
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Wedemeyer, Lowell R.; Los Angeles County, CA, United States of America
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2013-06-18
/ 2003-11-17
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| Application Number: |
US2003010714694
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61C 3/00;
A61C 5/00;
A61C 5/14;
A61F 5/56;
A61F 11/00;
A61M 15/00;
A61M 16/00;
A62B 7/00;
A62B 9/00;
A62B 18/00;
A61M 16/04;
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| U.S. Class: |
128/200.26;
128/200.24;
128/207.14;
128/848;
128/857;
128/859;
128/860;
433/010;
433/011;
433/016;
433/017;
433/140;
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| Field of Search: |
128/848,859-861,201.26,206.29,200.24,200.26,207.14,857
433/093,140,21,10,11,16,17
267/004
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| Government Interest: |
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
No federally-sponsored research and development is involved.
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| Abstract: |
The cheek pocket anchor, formed of a resilient filament, fits within a user's cheek pouch. The anchor dynamically spans a user's inter-occlusal space and lip opening as a user's jaws open and close. The anchor can be formed of inter-connected, adjustable loops to enable user adjustment of its whole span. It can stabilize a work piece, such as an airway, in a user's mouth. The cheek path airway fits a path between a user's lips and through the user's cheek pouch and rear-jaw gap, avoiding the user's bite. It provides supplemental air to a user's rear-mouth cavity independently of a user's nasal airways while a user's lips remain closed. It can be used in combination with mandibular jaw-control and tongue-control devices whereby the combination mitigates breathing restrictions in a user's nasal and throat airways. It can be manufactured in-line and folded by a user to fit the user's cheek pathway.
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Bianco, Patricia; Jackson, Brandon L
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| INPADOC Legal Status: |
None
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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First Claim:
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1. A cheek pouch anchor, for placement within a user's cheek pouch to maintain positioning of a work piece in a user's mouth while a user's jaws, inter occlusal space, and lips open and close, comprising: a spring element adapted to be placed within a user's cheek pouch, and to compress as a user's jaws close, and to resiliently expand so as to form and maintain a span bridging across a user's inter occlusal space and a user's lip opening formed as a user's jaws and lips open and close, and to receive joinder to a work piece, and
having structural strength sufficient, when joined to a work piece, to maintain placement within a user's cheek pouch while a user's lips and jaws open and close, wherein said spring element further comprises: said cheek pouch anchor is joined with a conduit for a fluid, which conduit is adapted for placement at least partially in a user's cheek pouch.
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