US 12,257,177 B2
Oral devices
Wayne R. Wagner, Spicewood, TX (US)
Assigned to SLOW WAVE, INC., Spicewood, TX (US)
Filed by SLOW WAVE, INC., Spicewood, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/458,842.
Application 18/458,842 is a continuation of application No. 16/912,367, filed on Jun. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,813,192.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/869,528, filed on Jul. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0335317 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 5/56 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC A61F 5/566 (2013.01) [B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral device comprising:
an upper generally arched-shaped member that is configured to fit adjacent at least a portion of interior and exterior surfaces of a user's upper dentition, the upper generally arched-shaped member comprising a first moldable or printable biocompatible polymeric material;
a lower generally arched-shaped member that is configured to fit adjacent at least a portion of interior and exterior surfaces of a user's lower dentition, the lower generally arch-shaped member comprising a second moldable or printable biocompatible polymeric material, the first and the second moldable printable biocompatible polymeric materials are same or different;
the lower generally arch-shaped member comprising a lower right molar and pre-molar extension and a lower left molar and pre-molar extension, each comprising a moldable or printable biocompatible polymeric material, the lower right and the lower left molar and pre-molar extensions formed integrally with and projecting generally perpendicularly away from the lower generally arch-shaped member and generally toward the upper generally arch-shaped member;
the upper generally arch-shaped member comprising an upper right molar and pre-molar extension and an upper left molar and pre-molar extension, each comprising a moldable or printable biocompatible polymeric material, the upper right and upper left molar and pre-molar extensions formed integrally with and projecting generally perpendicularly away from the upper generally arch-shaped member and generally toward the lower generally arch-shaped member;
so that when a user bites or clenches, the upper right molar and pre-molar extension impinges on the lower right molar and pre-molar extension, and the upper left molar and pre-molar extension impinges on the lower left molar and pre-molar extension;
the upper and lower generally arch-shaped members having an anterior shape to form a gap sufficient for at least a portion of a user's tongue to extend forward into the gap without being impeded in forward movement by the device;
the lower right molar and pre-molar extension, lower left molar and pre-molar extension, upper right molar and pre-molar extension, and upper left molar and pre-molar extension configured such that, when the device is in a user's mouth, the molar extensions create a tendency to keep a user's airway open by maintaining the gap;
the lower right molar and pre-molar extension, lower left molar and pre-molar extension, upper right molar and pre-molar extension, and upper left molar and pre-molar extension each configured with arcuate interior surfaces such that, when the device is in a user's mouth, the arcuate interior surfaces create left and right sub-chambers allowing more room for a user's tongue; and
the lower and the upper generally arch-shaped members are both lacking frontal vestibular upper and lower bands, but upper left and upper right portions are linked together by an upper frontal palatal band, and lower left and lower right portions are linked together by a lower frontal palatal band.