US 12,138,076 B2
Oral appliance
Nicholas Andrew Redshaw, Swansea (GB); William Stephen Powell, Swansea (GB); and Jonathan Michael William Cassidy, Swansea (GB)
Assigned to SPORTS & WELL BEING ANALYTICS LIMITED, Swansea (GB)
Filed by SPORTS & WELL BEING ANALYTICS LIMITED, Swansea (GB)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/986,848.
Application 16/986,848 is a continuation of application No. PCT/GB2019/050325, filed on Feb. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1801914 (GB), filed on Feb. 6, 2018; application No. 1816668 (GB), filed on Oct. 12, 2018; application No. 1818054 (GB), filed on Nov. 5, 2018; and application No. 1901654 (GB), filed on Feb. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0367821 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A63B 71/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 5/682 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01); A61B 5/4875 (2013.01); A63B 71/085 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 2503/10 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0214 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An oral appliance for detecting acceleration experienced by a head of a wearer, the oral appliance being a mouth-guard comprising:
a body comprising a formation for extending around at least a portion of at least one of maxillary and mandibular teeth of the wearer and configured for location against at least a portion of at least one of maxillary and mandibular teeth at least at one of:
an anterior teeth region of a mouth of the wearer;
a posterior teeth region of the mouth of the wearer; and
a position between the anterior and posterior teeth regions of the mouth of the wearer;
a system configured to monitor acceleration experienced by the mouth-guard and operative to communicate acceleration data to a monitoring station;
a power source electrically coupled to the system configured to monitor acceleration and for providing power thereto;
wherein the power source is embedded within material of the body and is located within a region of the body that is locatable at the posterior teeth region of the mouth of the wearer, and further wherein the system configured to monitor acceleration is embedded within the material of the body and is located within a region of the body that is locatable at the posterior teeth region of the mouth of the wearer, and
wherein the system configured to monitor acceleration has an antenna that is located remote from the system and towards, or at, a region of the formation locatable against the anterior teeth region of the wearer, and wherein the antenna is embedded in a protective material of a first wall.