US 12,280,210 B2
Bite device and auxiliary member thereof
Chang-Bih Shie, Tainan (TW)
Appl. No. 18/261,788
Filed by Chang-Bih Shie, Tainan (TW)
PCT Filed Jan. 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/050618
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 17, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/162520, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 110102883 (TW), filed on Jan. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0100279 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0493 (2014.02) [A61B 1/24 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bite device comprising an auxiliary member and a bite member, the auxiliary member configured for removable connection with the bite member the bite member being configured to be placed in a mouth of a patient and being suitable for insertion of a plurality of soft tubes from an outside into the mouth of the patient, the bite member defining a centerline and including an abutment portion, a biting portion extending outwardly from one side of the abutment portion and configured to be located in the mouth of the patient, a sleeve portion extending outwardly from the other side of the abutment portion and opposite to the biting portion along the centerline, and a central hole that extends through the biting portion, the abutment portion and the sleeve portion and being suitable for insertion of one of the plurality of soft tubes therethrough, said auxiliary member comprising:
a fixing plate structure configured to be removably sleeved on the sleeve portion of the bite member and having a first side surface for facing the abutment portion of the bite member, a second side surface opposite to said first side surface, and a main auxiliary hole and at least one secondary auxiliary hole extending through said first side surface and said second side surface, said main auxiliary hole being configured to be sleeved on the sleeve portion of the bite member, said at least one secondary auxiliary hole being configured for insertion of another one of the plurality of soft tubes into the mouth of the patient;
wherein said fixing plate structure further has two third side surfaces interconnecting lateral ends of said first side surface and said second side surface, said at least one secondary auxiliary hole including two secondary auxiliary holes, each of said secondary auxiliary holes being located between said main auxiliary hole and a corresponding one of said third side surfaces, each of said secondary auxiliary holes not being blocked by the abutment portion of the bite member and being configured for insertion of a corresponding one of the plurality of soft tubes into the mouth of the patient; and
wherein said fixing plate structure further has two fourth side surfaces, one of which interconnects top ends of said first side surface and said second side surface and top ends of said third side surfaces, and the other one of which interconnects bottom ends of said first side surface and said second side surface and bottom ends of said third side surfaces, said fixing plate structure further having a passage extending from said fourth side surface that interconnects said top ends of said first side surface and said second side surface to one of said secondary auxiliary holes, said one of said secondary auxiliary holes having a width larger than a width of said passage measured in a left-right direction transverse to the centerline, said passage being configured to allow the corresponding one of the plurality of soft tubes to pass therethrough and enter said one of said secondary auxiliary holes.