Hand-held therapeutic oral device for cooling oral tissue of a user
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. A bladder is positioned inside the external chamber for storing a solution having a freezing temperature above the freezing point temperature of the cooling medium to assist in cooling the cooling medium.
Claims19
A hand-held therapeutic oral device for cooling of oral tissue of a user comprising:
- an elongated casing having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end formed as a mouthpiece configured for insertion into a user's mouth, the mouthpiece including;
- 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 a patient'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;
- wherein the distal end of the casing forms a first bladder that stores a first coolant having a first freezing temperature, the first coolant being in fluid communication with the mouthpiece;
- a second bladder positioned within the first coolant of the first bladder, the second bladder storing a second coolant having a second freezing temperature above the first freezing point temperature of the first coolant to assist in cooling the first coolant;
- wherein the top element and the bottom element contain a portion of the first coolant for cooling the oral tissue within the user's mouth;
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- at least one breathing tube extending in a longitudinal direction from the proximal end towards the distal end and positioned along an exterior surface of the casing of the hand-held oral device, the at least one breathing tube configured to permit the user to breathe through the at least one breathing tube when the mouth piece is emplaced within the mouth of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.