US 12,484,839 B2
Electromyographic bruxism training
Niclas-Henning Zieger, Pasadena, CA (US)
Assigned to Crestmont Ventures, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US)
Filed by Crestmont Ventures, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/715,490.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,418, filed on May 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370006 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/389 (2021.01)
CPC A61B 5/4557 (2013.01) [A61B 5/389 (2021.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A training device, comprising:
a body having a locator region, a blanket region, and an alignment edge, wherein the locator region, the blanket region, and the alignment edge are fixedly spaced apart such that the blanket region is positioned over a masseter muscle of a user when the locator region is positioned over a gonial angle of a mandible of the user and the alignment edge is positioned along an inferior border of the mandible of the user;
an electrode assembly including:
a reference electrode positioned at the locator region;
at least one end electrode positioned at the alignment edge; and
an electrode array including a plurality of mid electrodes, the electrode array positioned at the blanket region; and
a processing module coupled to the electrode assembly for identifying activation of the masseter muscle using the electrode assembly.