Sleep apnea syndrome symptom improvement aid
AssigneeSouken Co., Ltd.
InventorHiroto Masuda
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Abstract
A sleep apnea syndrome symptom improvement aid 1 includes a sandwiching target 10 sandwiched by front teeth of a patient, a tongue presser 20 extending from the sandwiching target 10 to the vicinity of the soft palate of the patient and including an elastic body configured to press the tongue, and a detector 30 configured to detect at least one of a vital sign or a salivary component of the patient.
Claims8
A sleep apnea syndrome symptom improvement aid to be inserted into a mouth of a sleep apnea syndrome patient, comprising:
- a sandwiching target configured to be sandwiched by upper and lower front teeth of the patient and which includes an elastic body arranged facing an outside of the mouth from a lip and having an air passage extending from a front end portion to an inside of the mouth;
- a tongue presser extending from the sandwiching target to a vicinity of a soft palate of the patient and including an elastic body configured to press a tongue;
- and
- a detector provided at at least one of the sandwiching target or the tongue presser and configured to detect at least one of a vital sign or a salivary component of the patient,
- wherein
- the tongue presser includes a core member and an outer layer portion made of elastomer, and
- the core member is made of a material harder than the elastomer forming the outer layer portion, and is embedded in the outer layer portion.
A sleep apnea syndrome symptom improvement aid to be inserted into a mouth of a sleep apnea syndrome patient, comprising:
- a sandwiching target configured to be sandwiched by upper and lower front teeth of the patient and which includes an elastic body arranged facing an outside of the mouth from a lip and having an air passage extending from a front end portion to an inside of the mouth;
- a tongue presser extending from the sandwiching target to a vicinity of a soft palate of the patient and including an elastic body configured to press a tongue;
- and
- a detector provided at at least one of the sandwiching target or the tongue presser and configured to detect at least one of a vital sign or a salivary component of the patient,
- wherein
- the detector is provided at the tongue presser, and
- the tongue presser includes a pressing plate portion configured to be arranged above the tongue, and a lower plate portion configured to be arranged below the tongue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.