US 12,109,428 B2
Intraoral phototherapy devices
Vedang Kothari, San Diego, CA (US); and Peter W. Broer, Bratenahl, OH (US)
Assigned to MUREVA PHOTOTHERAPY, INC., Strongsville, OH (US)
Filed by MUREVA PHOTOTHERAPY, INC., Strongsville, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,134.
Application 17/675,134 is a continuation of application No. 15/974,741, filed on May 9, 2018, granted, now 10,195,457.
Application 15/974,741 is a continuation of application No. 15/758,586, granted, now 11,266,853, previously published as PCT/US2016/051259, filed on Sep. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/216,825, filed on Sep. 10, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0168586 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61N 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/0603 (2013.01) [A61N 5/0624 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00035 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00839 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02); A61N 2005/005 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0606 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0626 (2013.01); A61N 2005/063 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0645 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0651 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0666 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. An intraoral phototherapy device for directing light from an associated light source into an oral cavity of a patient, the device comprising:
a main body portion shaped to conform to contours of the oral cavity when inserted therein to direct the light to targeted regions of the oral cavity, wherein: the main body portion:
comprises a pair of laterally extending side wings;
has a u-shaped cross section along a central plane; and
is sized and shaped to be received between a patient's teeth and cheeks on opposite sides of the oral cavity for transmitting and directing the light to the targeted regions of the oral cavity;
a central projection extending from the main body portion along a perpendicular line that is perpendicular to a line tangent to an apex of the main body portion, wherein the central projection extends along the central plane from an apex of the u-shaped cross section of the main body portion, past midway of the u-shaped cross section of the main body portion, and terminates at a distal edge of the central projection;
wherein the midway is located halfway between the line tangent to the apex and a line intersecting both distal ends of the u-shaped cross section of the main body portion;
wherein the main body portion is configured to emit the light from an outer surface; and
wherein the central projection is configured to emit the light from the distal edge of the central projection.