US 11,937,719 B2
Oral hydration apparatus
Loren Goldstein, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Loren Goldstein, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/016,001.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/524,268, filed on Jun. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0368598 A1, Dec. 27, 2018
Int. Cl. A47G 21/18 (2006.01); A61M 3/02 (2006.01); A45F 3/16 (2006.01); A61C 17/02 (2006.01); A61J 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 21/185 (2013.01) [A61M 3/02 (2013.01); A61M 3/0208 (2014.02); A61M 3/022 (2014.02); A61M 3/0279 (2013.01); A45F 3/16 (2013.01); A61C 17/0211 (2013.01); A61J 15/0011 (2013.01); A61J 15/0084 (2015.05); A61J 15/0088 (2015.05); A61M 2210/0637 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for oral hydration, comprising:
a flexible tube comprising a feeder line and a mouth portion connected together at a connection point,
wherein the mouth portion of the flexible tube includes:
a distal end that is looped around toward the connection point,
a lower portion configured to conform to an exterior of lower gums of a patient's mouth,
an upper portion configured to conform to an exterior of upper gums of the patient's mouth, and
two opposing rear portions extending between and connecting the upper portion and the lower portion and positionable at a rear of the patient's mouth, and
wherein the mouth portion of the flexible tube defines a plurality of holes positioned along a length of the mouth portion between the connection point and the distal end to enable liquid to be dispensed onto the exterior of the upper and lower gums of the patient's mouth; and
a looped flexible cover configured to encapsulate the mouth portion of the flexible tube.