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Tech/Engineering - Medical: Dentistry | | English term or phrase: teeth engaging elements | An oral cavity manipulator comprising:a mandibular teeth engaging element adapted to be located on or over teeth of a sufferer's lower dental arch, and a maxilla teeth engaging element adapted to be located on or over teeth of a sufferer's upper dental arch, wherein the mandibular and maxilla elements are hingedly interconnected by a connecting means to allow movement of the mandibular element relative to the maxilla element;a tongue depression means connected to and located aft of the mandibular and maxilla teeth engaging elements for exerting a forward directional force on a rearward surface portion of the tongue of a sufferer when in a fitted condition, wherein the tongue depression means extends behind and beneath the plane of the mandibular and maxilla teeth engaging elements so as to urge against a base portion of the sufferer's tongue, close to the throat when the teeth engaging elements are operatively positioned;a body member interconnecting the maxilla and mandibular teeth engaging elements wherein the body member is hollow having a forward opening to allow ingress of air into the hollow body and at least one outlet rearwardly of the body for egress of air following transfer of air from the forward opening through the body upon a breathing intake cycle; anda tongue support means extending from or adjacent to the mandibular teeth engaging element for supporting the tongue, the tongue support and the depression means being relatively disposed so that a sufferer's tongue is substantially restrained from collapsing rearwards and/or sideways by the depression means in a supported condition between the maxilla and mandibular teeth engaging elements.
Read more: http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20100043804 |
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