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.
Claims18
A mandibular protrusion device comprising:
- a maxillary dental tray;
- a mandibular dental tray including a wall defining a U-shaped dentition receiving cavity with two spaced-apart posterior sections and two flanges extending upwardly from a respective one of the posterior sections of the wall;
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- at least two lateral links, each one of the lateral links having a first end, a second end, and an elongated portion extending therebetween, the first end being removably engageable with the maxillary dental tray and the second end being removably engageable with a respective one of the flanges of the mandibular dental tray, with the elongated portion having a curvature defined therein allowing each one of the lateral links to be engaged with an outer side of the maxillary dental tray and with an inner side of the respective one of the flanges, the maxillary dental tray, the mandibular dental tray and the lateral links having complementary male and female members configured to be engageable and disengageable from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.