Title:
ORAL CAVITY-WORN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING POSITIONS OF SOFT PALATE AND TONGUE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/153561
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an oral cavity-worn system and a method for adjusting the positions of the soft palate and the tongue, wherein the oral cavity-mounted system includes: a palatal implant positioned at the palatal muscle of a user; and an oral cavity-worn device. The oral cavity-mounted device includes: a sensor unit which includes one or more sensors and senses the biological state of the user through the one or more sensors; a control unit which discerns an abnormal state according to the biological state, and generates a first control signal or a second control signal on the basis of the abnormal state; a driving unit which performs driving so that the position of the tongue inside the mouth is adjusted in response to the first control signal; and a communication unit which transmits the second control signal to the palatal implant through magnetic inductive coupling.
Inventors:
KIM SUNG JUNE (KR)
SEO JUNGMIN (KR)
YUN SEUNGHYEON (KR)
KIM JEONG-WHUN (KR)
SEO JUNGMIN (KR)
YUN SEUNGHYEON (KR)
KIM JEONG-WHUN (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2019/010984
Publication Date:
July 30, 2020
Filing Date:
August 28, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SEOUL NAT UNIV R&DB FOUNDATION (KR)
SEOUL NAT UNIV HOSPITAL (KR)
SEOUL NAT UNIV HOSPITAL (KR)
International Classes:
A61F5/56; A61B5/00; A61B5/08; A61N1/05; A61N1/36; A61N1/372
Foreign References:
| KR20160106669A | 2016-09-12 | |||
| JP2009526625A | 2009-07-23 | |||
| KR101722640B1 | 2017-04-03 | |||
| KR20160054659A | 2016-05-17 | |||
| KR101303438B1 | 2013-09-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
YOU ME PATENT AND LAW FIRM (KR)
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