Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Antisnoring device
Patent
1996-04-01
1997-02-11
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Antisnoring device
128859, 128862, A61F 556
Patent
active
056010931
ABSTRACT:
A snore-inhibiting device shaped and dimensioned for comfortable installation within the mouth of a user includes a pair of cooperating jaw pieces configured to cap the upper and lower teeth-and-gum structures. The jaw pieces are held together slightly ajar by their integrally molded rearward portions. The small gap between the jaw pieces is enlarged in the frontal area by a rectangular slot through which a tip portion of the tongue can be pushed. The jaw pieces are allowed to separate even more slightly under the pressure of the tongue then to resiliently close back and capture the tip of the tongue, thus keeping the tongue slightly forward from the teeth line. The upper and lower jaw pieces are asymmetrical in order to favor a stable positioning of the device against the lower jaw. The device is made from a thermal plastic having a low melting point so that it may be conformed to the user's dental structure after softening by immersion into boiling water.
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Brown Michael A.
Buchaca John D.
Charmasson Henri J. A.
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