US 12,290,422 B2
Bite tray for an edentulous jaw and method of use
Ben Topaz, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed by Ben Topaz, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/876,464.
Prior Publication US 2024/0033054 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A61C 9/00 (2006.01); A61C 19/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 9/0006 (2013.01) [A61C 19/05 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bite tray for an edentulous jaw comprising:
a bite tray mid-plane and a bite tray central lateral plane normal to the bite tray mid-plane;
a parabolic support structure having a height center aligned to the bite tray mid-plane having a parabolic support structure vertex aligned to the bite tray central lateral plane;
the parabolic support structure comprising an inner parabolic support structure surface and an outer parabolic support structure surface, a maxillary parabolic support structure portion extending above the bite tray mid-plane, and a mandibular parabolic support structure portion extending below the bite tray mid-plane, a first lateral parabolic support structure portion disposed on a first side of the parabolic bite tray central lateral plane and a second lateral parabolic support structure portion adjacent on a second side of the bite tray central lateral plane opposite the first side;
the parabolic support structure additionally comprising a maxillary opening disposed in the maxillary parabolic support structure proximal the parabolic support structure vertex and a mandibular opening disposed in the mandibular parabolic support structure proximal the parabolic support structure vertex and aligned to the maxillary opening, wherein the maxillary opening extends from the bite tray mid-plane to a top surface of the maxillary parabolic support structure portion and the mandibular opening extends from the bite tray mid-plane to a bottom surface of the mandibular parabolic support structure portion a height allowing visibility to a bite surface of the edentulous jaw;
a first lateral bite stop coupled to the inner parabolic support structure surface on the first lateral parabolic support structure portion, the first lateral bite stop having a first lateral bite stop maxillary portion extending above the bite tray mid-plane and a first lateral bite stop mandibular portion extending beneath the bite tray mid-plane, wherein the first lateral bite stop is coupled to a distal portion of the inner parabolic support structure surface on the first lateral parabolic support structure portion through a first distal strut and is coupled to a proximal portion of the inner parabolic support structure surface through a first proximal strut forming a first lateral impression material opening bound by the first lateral parabolic support structure portion, the first distal strut, the first lateral bite stop, and the first proximal strut;
a second lateral bite stop coupled to the inner parabolic support structure surface on the second lateral parabolic support structure portion, the second lateral bite stop having a second lateral bite stop maxillary portion extending above the bite tray mid-plane and a second lateral bite stop mandibular portion extending beneath the bite tray mid-plane, wherein the second lateral bite stop is coupled to a distal portion of the inner parabolic support structure surface on the second lateral parabolic support structure portion through a second distal strut and is coupled to a proximal portion of the inner parabolic support structure surface through a second proximal strut forming a second lateral impression material opening bound by the second lateral parabolic support structure portion, the second distal strut, the second lateral bite stop, and the second proximal strut; and
wherein the first proximal strut, first distal strut, second proximal strut, and second distal strut are coupled to a central support strut.