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US 2019/0336323 A1Published application
Mandibular protrusion device
AssigneePanthera Dental Inc.
InventorFlorent Miquel
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Abstract
A mandibular protrusion device which comprises a maxillary dental tray, a mandibular dental tray and at least two lateral links. Each one of the lateral links has a first end removably engageable with the maxillary dental tray and a second end removably engageable with the mandibular dental tray. The maxillary dental tray, mandibular dental tray and the lateral links have complementary male and female members configured to be engageable and disengageable from one another in at least one engagement/disengagement configuration that is not reached when the device is worn or in normal use.
Claims24
A mandibular protrusion device having a right side and a left side, the mandibular protrusion device comprising:
- a maxillary dental tray having a wall with an outer side, an anterior section, and two spaced-apart posterior sections, the wall defining a U-shaped dentition receiving cavity;
- a mandibular dental tray having a wall with an outer side, an anterior section, and two spaced-apart posterior sections, the wall defining a U-shaped dentition receiving cavity, the mandibular dental tray further comprising two flanges extending upwardly from a respective one of the posterior sections and outwardly from the outer side of the wall, wherein a lateral link receiving channel is defined between each one of the two flanges and the outer side of the wall of the mandibular dental tray;
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- two lateral links, each one of the lateral links having an elongated portion with an anterior end removably engageable with the maxillary dental tray, a posterior end opposed to the anterior end, a dental-tray facing face, and a flange-facing face opposed to the dental-tray facing face, the posterior end being removably engageable with a respective one of the flanges of the mandibular dental tray, and located in a respective one of the lateral link receiving channels when engaged with the respective one of the flanges of the mandibular dental tray;
- two male members provided on each one of the right side and the left side of the mandibular protrusion device and two female members provided on each one of the right side and the left side of the mandibular protrusion device, the female members being complementary in shape to the male members, the female members and the male members being provided on the anterior section of the maxillary dental tray, the flanges of the mandibular dental tray, and the anterior ends and the posterior ends of the two lateral links to detachably engage the two lateral links with the mandibular dental tray and the maxillary dental tray at the posterior ends and the anterior ends;
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- wherein a first one and a second one of the male members provided on each one of the right side and the left side of the mandibular protrusion device protrude respectively towards and away from the outer side of the walls of the maxillary and mandibular dental trays when the lateral links are engaged therewith;
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- wherein the complementary male and female members are engageable and disengageable from one another in at least one engagement/disengagement configuration that is reached when the anterior section of the maxillary dental tray is located rearwardly of the posterior sections of the mandibular dental tray.
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An intraoral orthosis having a right side and a left side, the intraoral orthosis comprising:
- a maxillary dental tray having a wall with an outer side, an anterior section, a left-side posterior section and a right-side posterior section, the wall defining a U-shaped dentition receiving cavity;
- a mandibular dental tray having a wall with an outer side, an anterior section, a left-side posterior section and a right-side posterior section, the wall defining a U-shaped dentition receiving cavity, the mandibular dental tray further comprising two flanges extending upwardly from a respective one of the posterior sections and outwardly from the outer side of the wall, wherein a lateral link receiving channel is defined between each one of the two flanges and the outer side of the wall of the mandibular dental tray;
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- two lateral links, each one of the lateral links having an elongated portion with an anterior end removably engageable with the maxillary dental tray, a posterior end opposed to the anterior end, a dental-tray facing face and a flange-facing face opposed to the dental-tray facing face, the posterior end being removably engageable with a respective one of the flanges of the mandibular dental tray, and located in a respective one of the lateral link receiving channels when engaged with the respective one of the flanges of the mandibular dental tray;
- wherein each one of the anterior section of the maxillary dental tray, the flanges of the mandibular dental tray, and the anterior ends and the posterior ends of the two lateral links comprises at least one of male members and female members to detachably engage the two lateral links with the mandibular dental tray and the maxillary dental tray at the posterior ends and the anterior ends, wherein the male members and the females members are complementary in shape and the male members protruding from or engageable with a respective one of the lateral links protrude in opposed directions with respect to the dental-tray facing face and the flange-facing face of the respective one of the lateral links;
- and wherein the complementary male and female members are engageable and disengageable from one another in at least one engagement/disengagement configuration that is not reached when the device is worn or in normal use, the at least one engagement/disengagement configuration being reached by rotating one of the maxillary dental tray and the mandibular dental tray of more than 90 o with respect to a configuration where the maxillary dental tray and the mandibular dental tray are superposed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.