Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Antisnoring device
Reexamination Certificate
2004-04-01
2008-11-18
Brown, Michael (Department: 3772)
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Antisnoring device
C128S207150, C128S859000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07451766
ABSTRACT:
An enhanced breathing device for use in a mouth of a user is provided that includes a flexible hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end, an outer perimeter. The tube also includes an extraoral segment, and intraoral segment and an intermediate segment extending therebetween. The extraoral segment extends to the proximal end of the tube and includes at least one opening. The extraoral segment extends externally from the mouth of the user. The intraoral segment extends to the distal end of the tube and includes at least one opening. The intraoral segment extends into the mouth of the user and has a length sufficient for extending beyond a retromolar space, into the oropharynx and terminating between the posterior tongue and the soft palate. The intermediate segment has a length sufficient for extending along the buccopharyngeal pathway of the mouth of the user. The enhanced breathing device also includes a stop mounted on the tube to secure the intraoral segment within the oropharynx and to prevent a lengthwise movement of the tube relative to the mouth of the user.
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Brown Michael
Christie Parker & Hale LLP
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