US 12,102,555 B2
Oral appliance
Daniel Webster, Shelburne, VT (US)
Assigned to Sleeping Well Inc., Shelburne, VT (US)
Filed by Sleeping Well LLC, Shelburne, VT (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/400,238.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/069,289, filed on Aug. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054301 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
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 oral appliance, comprising:
an upper tray with a first upper section, a second upper section, a first upper inner wall, a second upper inner wall, an upper outer wall;
an anterior bridge connecting the first upper section to the second upper section, creating an open section between the first upper section and the second upper section;
a lower tray separate from the upper tray, with a first lower section, a second lower section, a first lower inner wall, a second lower inner wall, a first lower outer wall, a second lower outer wall;
a lower bridge connecting the first lower section to the second lower section;
a first upper post located the first upper section;
a second upper post located on the second upper section;
a first lower post located on the first lower section;
a second lower post located on the second lower section;
a first side strap removably connecting the first upper post to the first lower post;
a second side strap removably connecting the second upper post to the second lower post, the first and second side straps a paired set identical in length to one another, in which mandibular advancement is variable by swapping the paired set of first and second side straps for a different length paired set of first and second straps, the different length strap pairs further enabling the anterior bridge and lower bridge to be spaced apart from a user's anterior maxillary teeth, anterior mandibular teeth, and adjacent anterior gum tissue when the oral appliance is positioned in a user's mouth;
a thermal impression material on a surface that faces dorsal dental surfaces of each of the first upper section, the second upper section, the first lower section, the second lower section; and
in which the first lower section and second lower section each include a lingual surface designed to engage a user's tongue.