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US 12,708,551 B2Granted
Oral device
OwnerSeung Hee Lee, Edwards Kyoung-joon Muninventors
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Abstract
An oral device includes a body, which is configured to be disposed inside an oral cavity. The oral device also includes at least one wing which can push at least one of palatoglossus or palatopharyngeus outward. Further, the body can also be configured to be disposed to downwardly press a tongue to relax intrinsic tongue muscles, thereby pushing the tongue rearward and moving soft palate downward. Accordingly, the oral device is able to open nasopharynx.
Claims9
An oral device consisting essentially of:
- a body configured to depress a tongue, wherein at least a portion of the body is configured to be disposed inside an oral cavity;
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- non-vertically elongated wings configured to push cheek muscles outward at a second molar or anterior to the second molar between an incisor and the second molar,
- wherein the body is configured to downwardly press the tongue at an anterior portion of a canine or a second premolar, or at or between an incisor and a second premolar to relax intrinsic tongue muscles,
- wherein the body is configured to pull a floor of the tongue and other extrinsic tongue muscles laterally rearward and to move soft palate downward, thereby allowing oropharynx to close and nasopharynx to open, and
- wherein the wings are configured to prevent lips from protruding forward and to push at least one of palatoglossus or palatopharyngeus downward and outward, thereby allowing oropharynx to close and nasopharynx to open.
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