Title:
TONGUE RETAINING ORAL APPLIANCE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/156396
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An oral appliance includes a frame for mounting to a user's teeth and a tongue contacting retaining member extending from the frame and configured in use to limit movement of the tongue toward the user's throat when the user is exercising or sleeping to maintain an open air passageway. The retaining member is positioned relative to the frame such that in use the retaining member contacts the tongue in a zone behind the second molars and in front of the pharyngeal reflex region of the tongue. The retaining member is further configured to lightly contact the tongue, and to apply a restraining force to the tongue as the tongue begins to move toward the user's throat during exercise or as the user falls asleep.
Inventors:
MAKOWER JOSHUA (US)
JOSLIN JAMES BLACKBURN (US)
STRASSER MICHAEL (US)
SLONE CLINTON N (US)
BRIGHT EARL A II (US)
SPINALI MARC (US)
CARLSON RICHARD A (US)
JOSLIN JAMES BLACKBURN (US)
STRASSER MICHAEL (US)
SLONE CLINTON N (US)
BRIGHT EARL A II (US)
SPINALI MARC (US)
CARLSON RICHARD A (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/039475
Publication Date:
April 19, 2012
Filing Date:
June 07, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SLEEPY INC (US)
MAKOWER JOSHUA (US)
JOSLIN JAMES BLACKBURN (US)
STRASSER MICHAEL (US)
SLONE CLINTON N (US)
BRIGHT EARL A II (US)
SPINALI MARC (US)
CARLSON RICHARD A (US)
MAKOWER JOSHUA (US)
JOSLIN JAMES BLACKBURN (US)
STRASSER MICHAEL (US)
SLONE CLINTON N (US)
BRIGHT EARL A II (US)
SPINALI MARC (US)
CARLSON RICHARD A (US)
International Classes:
A61F5/56; A61C19/00; A63B71/08
Foreign References:
| US20090056724A1 | 2009-03-05 | |||
| US20090120448A1 | 2009-05-14 | |||
| US5865619A | 1999-02-02 | |||
| US20090178684A1 | 2009-07-16 | |||
| US5052409A | 1991-10-01 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KRISTAL, Phyllis K. et al. (P.O. Box 1022Minneapolis, Minnesota, US)
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