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US 12,708,491 B2Granted
Oral appliance
AssigneeDental Choice Holdings LLC
InventorsDena P. Garner, Robert C. Molhoek
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Abstract
Present embodiments related to an oral appliance. More specifically, but without limitation, present embodiments relate to an oral appliance which improves aerobic performance when used during workouts or other athletic endeavors, and additionally while sleeping to improve post-workout recovery.
Claims17
An oral appliance, comprising:
- an external portion having:
- a first body having a first lingual wall extending between an anterior direction and a posterior direction and a first facial wall extending between said anterior direction and the posterior direction;
- a first occlusal surface extending between said first lingual wall and said first facial wall;
- a second body having a second lingual wall extending between the anterior direction and the posterior direction and a second facial wall extending between the anterior direction and the posterior direction;
- a second occlusal surface extending between said second lingual wall and said second facial wall;
- a connector extending between said first body and said second body at upper lingual corners of said first and second bodies;
- and,
- a first lobe extending from an anterior end of said first facial wall and a second lobe extending from an anterior end of said second facial wall;
- an internal portion having:
- an internal support disposed within each of said first body and said second body, each of said internal supports comprising a plurality of protuberances formed integrally with each of said internal supports;
- a connector support disposed within said connector, said connector support extending between said internal supports;
- each of said plurality of protuberances passing through said first lingual wall and said second lingual wall, respectively and extending from lingual sides of each of said first and second bodies.
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An oral appliance, comprising:
- an external portion having:
- a first body having a first channel shape formed of a first lingual wall extending between an anterior direction, a posterior direction and a first facial wall extending between said anterior direction and the posterior direction, and a first occlusal surface extending between said first lingual wall and said first facial wall;
- a second body having a second channel shape formed of a second lingual wall extending between the anterior direction and the posterior direction and a second facial wall extending between the anterior direction and the posterior direction, and a second occlusal surface extending between said second lingual wall and said second facial wall;
- a connector extending between said first body and said second body and having a lower elevation between ends of said connector;
- a first lobe extending from an anterior end of said first facial wall and a second lobe extending from an anterior end of said second facial wall;
- an internal portion having:
- an internal support disposed within each of said first body and said second body, said internal support comprising first and second pluralities of protuberances which extend through respective said first and second lingual walls;
- a connector support disposed within said connector, said connector support extending between said internal supports;
- a stippling formed on a lower surface of said connector, or said connector support, or both.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.