Methods of using removable oral devices
AssigneeScientific Intake Limited Co.
InventorsWilliam H. Longley, Richard P. Schneider, Anthony R. Tremaglio, Marc M. Gibeley
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Abstract
Certain configurations of methods of using removable oral devices are described. In some examples, a removable oral device can be used in weight loss, weight management, athletic performance or in other applications to monitor or alter a user's behavior or monitor one or more physiological conditions. If desired, the removable oral device can be used in combination with a storage case, a mobile device, application software or other components.
Claims30
A method of managing body weight in a human, the method comprising:
- providing a removable oral device comprising an integral usage sensor, wherein the removable oral device comprises a palatal element coupled to a clasping element, wherein the palatal element is configured to contact a roof of a user's mouth at a palatal surface, wherein the palatal element comprises a body comprising a thickness configured to lower a vaulted area of the roof of the mouth to decrease an overall oral volume of the mouth to a first oral volume, wherein the clasping element is configured to assist in removal of the removable oral device from the user's mouth, wherein the palatal element comprises a processor electrically coupled to the integral usage sensor, and the clasping element comprises a wire comprising a coating on at least some portion of the wire, and wherein the coating of the clasping element is configured to contact outer surfaces of teeth in the mouth;
- monitoring usage frequency of the removable oral device by transferring usage values from the processor electrically coupled to the integral usage sensor to an external device separate from the removable oral device;
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- providing feedback to the human based on the transferred usage values from the processor to manage body weight in the human.
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A method of managing body weight in a human by reducing the oral volume of the human during food intake, the method comprising:
- monitoring usage frequency of a removable oral device by transferring usage values from a processor electrically coupled to a usage sensor of the removable oral device to an external device separate from the removable oral device, wherein the removable oral device comprises a palatal element coupled to a clasping element, wherein the palatal element is configured to contact a roof of a user's mouth at a palatal surface, wherein the palatal element comprises a body comprising a thickness configured to lower a vaulted area of the roof of the mouth to decrease an overall oral volume of the mouth to a first oral volume, wherein the clasping element is configured to assist in removal of the removable oral device from the user's mouth, wherein the clasping element comprises a wire comprising a coating on at least some portion of the wire, wherein the coating of the clasping element is configured to contact outer surfaces of teeth in the mouth, and wherein the palatal element comprises a variable hardness with a hardness at an apex surface being greater than a hardness at edges of the removable oral device adjacent to teeth of the human when the removable oral device is inserted into the oral cavity of the human;
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- providing feedback to the human based on the transferred usage values to manage body weight in the human.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.