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US 2020/0138622 A1Published application
Apparatus for improved breathing
AssigneeAirWay Technologies, LLC
InventorsW. Keith Thornton, Alastair Edwin McAuley
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an apparatus for improved breathing is provided. The apparatus may include an improved oral appliance, an improved mask, an improved coupler to couple an oral appliance to a mask, and/or a combination of these improvements.
Claims21
1-118. (canceled)
An oral appliance comprising:
- a frame comprising an occlusal surface;
- and
- a thermoplastic moldable tray coupled to the frame such that the tray is substantially between the frame and a dental arch of a user when the frame is positioned in the user's mouth, the tray comprising irradiated, cross-linked thermoplastic polymer not customized to any user's teeth, the irradiated, cross-linked thermoplastic polymer softens to be moldable to a shape of a portion of the user's dental arch when the thermoplastic polymer is heated to 40 to 80 degrees Celsius.
An oral appliance comprising:
- a frame comprising an occlusal surface, the frame further comprising a material that substantially maintains its shape at temperatures at or below 100 degrees Celsius;
- and
- a thermoplastic moldable tray coupled to the frame such that the tray is substantially between the frame and a dental arch of a user when the frame is positioned in the user's mouth, the tray comprising irradiated, cross-linked thermoplastic polymer not customized to any user's teeth, the irradiated, cross-linked thermoplastic polymer softens to be moldable to a shape of a portion of the user's dental arch when the thermoplastic polymer is heated to 40 to 80 degrees Celsius.
An oral appliance comprising:
- a frame comprising a material that substantially maintains its shape at temperatures at or below 100 degrees Celsius, the frame further comprising:
- an occlusal surface;
- and
- a flange extending substantially perpendicular from the occlusal surface;
- and
- a thermoplastic moldable tray coupled to the frame such that the tray is substantially between the frame and a dental arch of a user when the frame is positioned in the user's mouth, the tray comprising irradiated, cross-linked thermoplastic polymer not customized to any user's teeth, the irradiated, cross-linked thermoplastic polymer softens to be moldable to a shape of a portion of the user's dental arch when the thermoplastic polymer is heated to 40 to 80 degrees Celsius.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.