Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Head or face protector
Patent
1993-04-19
1994-06-28
Hafer, Robert A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Head or face protector
128861, 128859, 433 37, A61C 514
Patent
active
053237870
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for protecting and treating teeth including a mouthpiece and storage container is disclosed. The mouthpiece has an arcuate or U-shaped body and is molded from a thin layer of soft, absorbent, and pliable elastomeric material. A continuous U-shaped channel is dimensioned for receiving the upper teeth of a user and is formed in the body in a location adjacent its periphery for a length coextensive with the U-shaped periphery of the body. The body has an integral center portion which arches upwardly from the U-shaped channel to conform to the similarly upwardly arched or convex form of the roof of the mouth or palate of the mouthpiece user. The U-shaped channel may be enclosed and filled with encapsulated setting materials to form a permanent, form-fitting dental impression for the upper teeth of the user. A medicated pad may be adhesively positioned over the enclosed channel to relieve sore gums and teeth. The storage container is constructed of rigid polymeric material and has a U-shape complementary to that of the mouthpiece for receiving the mouthpiece and a treating fluid having sterilizing, mouth-refreshing, and medicating ingredients to soak the mouthpiece therein between uses.
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Combs E. Michael
Hafer Robert A.
O'Neill Michael
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