Intraoral appliance and method of manufacturing an intraoral appliance
AssigneeAsesso Health Inc.
InventorsWilliam C. Cliff, Abhijit Limaye
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Abstract
An intraoral appliance is disclosed herein. In an example, an intraoral appliance includes a left cap, a right cap, and a body connected to the left cap and to the right cap. In the example, the left and right caps include a bite plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, an inner sidewall extending from the lower surface, and an outer sidewall extending from the lower surface, wherein the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall form teeth receiving channels, and the body includes a left cap casing, a right cap casing, and a front band between the left cap casing and the right cap casing.
Claims13
An intraoral appliance comprising:
- a left cap;
- a right cap;
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- a body connected to the left cap and to the right cap;
- the left cap including a bite plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, an inner sidewall extending from the lower surface, and an outer sidewall extending from the lower surface, wherein the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall form a left-side teeth receiving channel;
- the right cap including a bite plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, an inner sidewall extending from the lower surface, and an outer sidewall extending from the lower surface, wherein the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall form a right-side teeth receiving channel;
- the body including a left cap casing, a right cap casing, and a front band between the left cap casing and the right cap casing;
- wherein the left cap is secured within the left cap casing with a front end of the bite plate nearer to the front band than a back end of the bite plate, and wherein the upper surface and the lower surface of the bite plate form a wedge that slopes downward from the front end of the bite plate to the back end of the bite plate;
- wherein the right cap is secured within the right cap casing with a front end of the bite plate nearer to the front band than a back end of the bite plate, and wherein the upper surface and the lower surface of the bite plate form a wedge that slopes downward from the front end of the bite plate to the back end of the bite plate;
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- wherein the left cap casing encases the left cap except that a portion of the upper surface of the bite plate is exposed for direct contact with upper teeth, and wherein the right cap casing encases the right cap except that a portion of the upper surface of the bite plate is exposed for direct contact with upper teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.