Mouth piece for cooling of oral tissue of a user during therapeutic treatment
AssigneeChemomouthpiece, LLC
InventorDavid Yoskowitz
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a mouth piece for cooling of oral tissue of a patient during chemotherapy treatment. The mouth piece includes a cooling medium contained within the top element and the bottom element and able to retain a cooling environment within the mouth sufficient to reduce capillary blood flow to the patient's mouth. In one embodiment, an external chamber extends from the front of the mouth piece to house a cooling medium. The external chamber can be configured so that it is removably attached to the mouth piece. A support device can be utilized to support the external chamber during use.
Claims35
A mouth piece for cooling of oral tissue of a user during therapeutic treatment comprising:
- a malleable top element configured to rest adjacent at least major surfaces of the upper gums and teeth of the user's mouth in a close-fitting relationship;
- a malleable bottom element configured to rest adjacent at least major surfaces of the lower gums and teeth of the user's mouth in a close-fitting relationship;
- wherein the top element is integral with or connected to the bottom element to permit emplacement in the mouth as a one-piece unit;
- an aperture positioned in a frontal location of the mouthpiece and configured to permit the user to breathe through the mouth when the mouth piece is emplaced within the mouth in said operative close-fitting relationship;
- a cooling medium contained within the top element and the bottom element and able to retain a cooling environment within the mouth sufficient to reduce capillary blood flow to the user's mouth;
- wherein the cooling medium includes a first coolant and a second coolant, the first coolant is positioned within the mouth piece in areas configured to rest in proximity to the teeth creating a first cooling zone, the second coolant is positioned within the mouth piece in areas configured to rest in proximity to the gums creating a second cooling zone;
- and wherein the first cooling zone has a lower specific heat than the second cooling zone, such that the area in proximity to the teeth is cooled less than the area in proximity to the gums.
A mouth piece for cooling of oral tissue of a user during therapeutic treatment, the mouthpiece being insertable into the user's mouth and comprising:
- a malleable top element configured to rest adjacent at least major surfaces of the upper gums and teeth of the user's mouth in a close-fitting relationship;
- a malleable bottom element configured to rest adjacent at least major surfaces of the lower gums and teeth of the user's mouth in a close-fitting relationship;
- wherein the top element is integral with or connected to the bottom element to permit emplacement in the mouth as a one-piece unit its an operative close-fitting relationship;
- a first chamber extending directly from a front of the mouth piece fir storing a cooling medium comprised of a first solution having a first freezing temperature;
- an aperture positioned in a frontal location and extending through the first chamber that permits the user to breathe through the mouth via the aperture when the mouth piece is emplaced within the mouth in said operative close-fitting relationship;
- a second chamber positioned inside the first chamber and containing a second solution having a second freezing point above the first freezing point temperature of the first solution to assist in cooling the first solution;
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- one or more bladders positioned within the top element and the bottom element, wherein the one or more bladders are fluidly connected to the first chamber for receiving the cooling medium which flows throughout the first chamber, the top element and the bottom element to cool the oral tissue in the user's mouth.
A hand-held therapeutic oral device for cooling oral tissue of a user comprising:
- a mouthpiece including at least one malleable element configured to rest adjacent one or more oral tissue surfaces of the user's mouth in a close-fitting relationship;
- a first container having a proximal end directly attached to a front portion of the mouth piece, the first container including a first chamber which stores a first coolant having a first freezing temperature, the first coolant being in fluid communication with the at least one malleable element of the mouthpiece, the first container being configured and dimensioned to enable the user to guide the mouthpiece of the hand-held oral device in and out of the user's mouth;
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- a second chamber positioned within the first chamber which stores a second coolant having a freezing point above the freezing point temperature of the first coolant, wherein the second chamber is positioned within the first chamber such that the second coolant assists in cooling the first solution, and the first coolant assists in cooling of the at least one malleable element for the one or more oral tissue surfaces of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.