# US 2021/0275345 A1 · Lingual positioning device for sleep, breathing, jaw and airway disorders > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0275345 A1 - Document ID: US20210275345A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/020,790 - Filed: 2020-09-14 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-12 - Assignees: My Little Projects Series 8 Planco 25 LLC - Applicants: My Little Projects Series 8 Planco 25 LLC - Inventors: WILLIS J. PUMPHREY, JR. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210275345A1 ## CPC - A61F 5/566: {Intra-oral devices} - A61C 7/08: Mouthpiece-type retainers {or positioners, e.g. for both the lower and upper arch (arch-shaped medicament applicators for teeth or gums A61C19/063; mouthguards for protecting the teeth of sportsmen A63B71/085)} - A61M 16/0493: {with means for protecting the tube from damage caused by the patient's teeth, e.g. bite block} - A61M 2207/00: Methods of manufacture, assembly or production - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61C: DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; {tongue scrapers A61B17/24;} preparations for dentistry A61K6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K8/00, A61Q11/00) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract Oral appliances that may include a supporting shell member having concave geometry for receiving at least a portion of a dental arch of a wearer into the concave geometry; and, a tongue guide member extending from said supporting shell member and into contact with an underside of a tongue of said wearer when the portion of the dental arch is received into the concave geometry. This oral appliance may be utilized in methods for treating various sleep and breathing disorders (“SBD”), for treating sleep apnea, treating airway obstruction, for upper and/or lower jaw reshaping, for airway reshaping, for mandibular advancement, for tongue-retaining, and for providing myofunctional therapy to encourage and help train the tongue to have the proper tongue posture for nasal breathing and discourage mouth breathing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An oral appliance comprising: a supporting shell member having concave geometry for receiving at least a portion of a dental arch of a wearer into the concave geometry; and, a tongue guide member extending from said supporting shell member and into contact with an underside of a tongue of said wearer when the portion of the dental arch is received into the concave geometry, wherein the portion of said arch has an arch geometry, and wherein the concave geometry fits over the arch and comprises a negative of at least a portion of the arch geometry. ### Claim 2 (depends on 2) The appliance of claim 2, wherein the arch comprises teeth, with each of the teeth having a unique tooth geometry, and wherein the concave geometry comprises a negative geometry corresponding to the unique tooth geometry of at least one of said teeth. ### Claim 3 (depends on 3) The appliance of claim 3, wherein the tongue guide member comprises a shape that will urge, and is positioned to urge, the tongue upwards toward a roof of a mouth of the wearer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 4) The appliance of claim 4, wherein the teeth have a lingual side, and the tongue guide member will extend away from the lingual side of the teeth. ### Claim 5 (depends on 5) The appliance of claim 5, wherein the teeth comprise one or more incisors, and wherein the tongue guide extends away from the lingual side of incisors. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The appliance of claim 5, wherein the teeth comprise one or more incisors and one or more canines, and wherein the tongue guide extends away from the lingual side of the incisors and canines. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The appliance of claim 5, wherein the teeth comprise one or more incisors, one or more canines, and one or more premolars, and wherein the tongue guide extends away from the lingual side of the one or more incisors, one or more canines, and one or more premolars. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The appliance of claim 5, wherein the teeth comprise one or more incisors, one or more canines, one or more premolars, and one or more molars and wherein the tongue guide extends away from the lingual side of the incisors, canines, premolars, and molars. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The appliance of claim 5, wherein the tongue guide defines a concave region into which a frenulum of the wearer is received. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The appliance of claim 5, wherein tongue guide comprises a first extension extending from the lingual side of the teeth toward a left side of a frenulum of the wearer and comprises a second extension extending from the lingual side of the teeth toward a right side of the frenulum. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The appliance of claim 5, wherein the dental arch comprises a right half and a left half, wherein the tongue guide extends from the left half to the right half. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The appliance of claim 5, comprising two of the tongue guides. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The appliance of claim 5, wherein the dental arch comprises a right half and a left half, wherein the tongue guide extends from the left half to the right half. ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) The appliance of claim 5, comprising two of the tongue guides, wherein the dental arch comprises a right half and a left half, and wherein one of the tongue guides extends from the right half, and the other tongue guide extends from the left half.