Method and system for preventing head injury

Details Method and system for preventing head injury Method and system for preventing head injury

2005-07-14

2010-11-09

Bianco, Patricia M (Department: 3772)

Surgery

Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants

Head or face protector

C128S848000, C128S859000, C128S861000, C128S862000, C433S006000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07827991

ABSTRACT:
A method and system for preventing head injury by providing parallel alignment of a jaw are disclosed. A method of preventing a head injury comprises providing a dental appliance having a left body, a right body and a lingual bar engaging the left body and the right body; placing the dental appliance over a plurality of teeth of a lower jaw so the lower jaw and a upper jaw are approximately parallel; and absorbing a force applied to the lower jaw, wherein the dental appliance absorbs the force applied to the lower jaw while preventing a condyle of a mandible from transferring the force to a temporal bone.

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