US 12,295,877 B2
Mandibular advancement device and method
David Si Gergen, II, Peoria, IL (US)
Filed by David Si Gergen, II, Peoria, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/463,137.
Prior Publication US 2023/0065574 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 5/56 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/566 (2013.01) [A61F 2005/563 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An advancement device for the treatment of the oral anatomy, comprising:
at least one lower component having an attachment structure that is adapted to be releasably attachable to at least a portion of the lower jaw, and a lateral buccal side; and
at least one upper component having an attachment structure that is adapted to be releasably attachable to at least a portion of the upper jaw, and an anterior buccal side; and
said at least one lower component comprising at least one of a left or right mounting boss extending from the lateral buccal side;
said at least one upper component comprising an enclosed channel formed through a portion of said anterior buccal side;
a wire hingedly coupled to said at least one of a left or right mounting boss, and passing through said enclosed channel, wherein said wire extends into a first aperture set on a first buccal lateral side and out a second aperture set on a second buccal lateral side wherein the enclosed channel comprises a middle anterior section adapted to be positioned anterior between lateral incisors and along an anterior buccal side of the upper component between the between the first aperture and the second aperture, wherein said enclosed channel is completely enclosed between the first and second apertures and said wire is set through said middle anterior section; and
a forward shield adapted to be set within an anterior spacing on the anterior buccal side anterior of the maxillary alveolar ridge, positioned anterior of said enclosed channel.