Title:
取外しが可能な口腔矯正鼾止窒息防止器
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4567678
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a removable intra-oral corrective anti-snoring device. The device is made of wire or band material provided with suitable elasticity and rigidity, including at least a fixer, an upper force piece and/or lower force piece. The device is mostly applied on upper jaw. The force end of the upper force piece is designed to be suitable to the normal configuration of the soft palate, and acts on the portion in front of the sensitive region of the soft palate to raise up the soft palate and uvula upward/upward and backward without causing nausea and discomfort of peripheral tissue. The force end of the lower force piece is designed to be suitable to the normal configuration of the tongue, and acts on the portion in front of the sensitive region of the posterior of the tongue to press the tongue downward without causing discomfort and nausea. Thus, the blocked respiratory tract could be expanded to prevent snore and sleep apnoea syndrome is remitted without discomfort.
Inventors:
Chen, Haydn
Chen, Yue Young
Chen, Yue Young
Application Number:
JP2006515629A
Publication Date:
October 20, 2010
Filing Date:
June 09, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Shanghai Guang Ren Antilles-Snowling Health Center
International Classes:
A61F5/56
Domestic Patent References:
| JP7308335A | ||||
| JP6501637A |
Foreign References:
| CN2075076U | ||||
| US4669459 | ||||
| US3132647 | ||||
| US6467484 | ||||
| EP0679378A1 | ||||
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
▲吉▼川 俊雄