US 12,390,359 B2
Therapeutic oral device
Phinarak Hao, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by 3 Little Ladies, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/108,405.
Application 18/108,405 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/577,734, filed on Jan. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,607,336.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/139,051, filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190514 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/087 (2006.01); A61M 16/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/566 (2013.01) [A61B 5/4818 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A therapeutic oral appliance comprising:
a mouth guard portion, wherein the mouth guard portion is configured to at least partially interface with one or more teeth of a user;
a hard palate portion configured to at least partially interface with a hard palate of a mouth of the user, wherein the hard palate portion extends upward from the mouth guard portion; and
at least one of: at least one sensor and at least one electrode, wherein the at least one sensor or at least one electrode is configured upon the therapeutic oral appliance; and one or more electrical wires configured to connect the at least one sensor and at least one electrode to the therapeutic oral appliance, wherein the one or more electrical wires are embedded within the therapeutic oral appliance to avoid contacting one or more interior portions of a user's mouth; and
a tongue retainer portion, wherein the tongue retainer portion extends from the hard palate portion into at least a portion of a throat of the user, wherein the tongue retainer portion comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, two opposing sidewalls, and a longitudinal length, at least one airway, wherein the at least one airway comprises one or more indentations recesses within each of the two sidewalls of the tongue retainer portion, wherein the at least one airway extends along at least a portion of the longitudinal length of the tongue retainer portion, wherein the at least one airway comprises an air flow pathway that follows a natural anatomical airway passage of the user.