US 11,998,407 B2
Methods of producing removable oral devices
William H Longley, Atlanta, GA (US); Richard P Schneider, Bedford, NY (US); Anthony R Tremaglio, Waban, MA (US); and Marc M Gibeley, Boxford, MA (US)
Assigned to SCIENTIFIC INTAKE LIMITED CO., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by SCIENTIFIC INTAKE LIMITED CO., Lawrence, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/352,415.
Application 17/352,415 is a continuation of application No. 15/702,554, filed on Sep. 12, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/521,498, filed on Jun. 18, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/477,764, filed on Mar. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142751 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/00 (2006.01); A61C 7/10 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); A61C 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 13/0004 (2013.01) [A61C 7/002 (2013.01); A61C 7/10 (2013.01); A61C 13/0006 (2013.01); A61F 5/0006 (2013.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); A61C 9/0046 (2013.01); A61C 13/0013 (2013.01); A61C 13/0022 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A method of producing a removable oral device, the method comprising:
obtaining an image of an oral cavity of a human; and providing the removable oral device using the obtained image, the removable oral device comprising a palatal element coupled to a clasping element, in which the palatal element is configured to contact a roof of the human's mouth at a palatal surface, the palatal element comprising a body comprising a thickness configured to lower a vaulted area of the roof of the mouth to decrease an overall oral volume of the mouth to a first oral volume, wherein the body comprises a variable hardness across a tongue surface of the body, wherein the variable hardness comprises a Vickers hardness that gradually decreases from a central apex to outer edges of the palatal element, wherein the clasping element is configured to assist in removal of the removable oral device from the mouth, and wherein the removable oral device is configured to not alter or retain a position of teeth with continued use of the removable oral device.