US 11,786,227 B2
Tongue separation device
Sang Gyu Ju, Seoul (KR); and Chae-Seon Hong, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation, Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 16/607,430
Filed by Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation, Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 28, 2018, PCT No. PCT/KR2018/003633
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 23, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/199485, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 1, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0053853 (KR), filed on Apr. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0146659 A1, May 14, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 13/00 (2013.01) [A61B 6/107 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tongue separation device comprising:
a body unit including a contact surface configured to be inserted into a mouth to fix a tongue in a state of pushing the tongue in one direction;
a support unit arranged at one end portion of the body unit and supporting the body unit from outside the mouth;
a tooth mounting unit arranged at one surface of the support unit adjacent to a first region of the body unit, configured to mount the teeth in a state where the body unit is inserted into the mouth, and including an upper surface configured to mount upper teeth among the teeth and a lower surface configured to mount lower teeth among the teeth; and
a tongue position checking unit including an opening formed at the support unit to check a position of the tongue from outside the mouth,
wherein a first portion of the contact surface of the body unit adjacent to the one end portion of the body unit is arranged over a virtual extension surface that passes through a center of the support unit and crosses between the upper surface and the lower surface of the tooth mounting unit,
a second portion of the contact surface of the body unit adjacent to another end portion of the body unit is arranged under the virtual extension surface, and
the tongue position checking unit includes one or more supports extending between inner surfaces of the opening and disposed across the opening, wherein the one or more supports are in a cross shape and each end of the one or more supports is curved inward towards the body unit, and
a pair of fixing members protruding from an opposite side of one side of the support unit facing the body unit, wherein the pair of fixing members are provided with protrusions having an inclination on surfaces that do not face each other.