Oral commissural splint
AssigneeKenzie Therapeutics LLC
InventorCharles MCKENZIE
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Abstract
An oral commissural splint with a mouthguard tray removably mounted on teeth of a patient. The platform includes a textured upper surface, a front wall with a ridge, a plurality of openings spaced along the lower edge of the front wall, and a rear wall extending up from the tooth platform opposite the front wall. Two commissural supports securely couple to the mouthguard tray, each including a clip to engage the ridge of the mouthguard tray and insert into the openings of the mouthguard tray, and a body configured for long-term support of a commissure at a corner of the mouth of the patient when the commissural support is coupled to the mouthguard tray and inserted into the mouth of the patient. Each clip is removably attached at a desired position on the mouthguard tray.
Claims20
An oral commissural splint, comprising:
- a mouthguard tray configured to be inserted into a mouth of a patient and removably mounted on teeth of the patient, the mouthguard tray having:
- a tooth platform having an upper surface with a plurality of textured structures on the upper surface;
- a front wall extending up from the tooth platform and having an upper edge defining a ridge and a lower edge having a plurality of openings spaced along the lower edge of the front wall;
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- a rear wall extending up from the tooth platform opposite the front wall;
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- two commissural supports configured to securely couple to the mouthguard tray, each of the two commissural supports having:
- a clip having a lip configured to engage the ridge of the mouthguard tray and at least one clip arm having a clip projection configured to insert into each of the plurality of openings of the mouthguard tray, wherein the lip and the at least one clip arm together are configured to hold the clip to the mouthguard tray;
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- a body integral with and extending away from the clip, the body configured for long-term support of a commissure at a corner of the mouth of the patient when the commissural support is coupled to the mouthguard tray and the mouthguard tray is inserted into the mouth of the patient and removably mounted on the teeth of the patient;
- wherein each clip of the two commissural supports is configured to removably snap into a desired position on the mouthguard tray with the lip engaged with the ridge of the mouthguard tray and the clip projection of the at least one clip arm inserted into at least one of the plurality of openings.
An oral commissural splint, comprising:
- a mouthguard tray configured to be removably retained within a mouth of a patient, the mouthguard tray having a front wall, the front wall having a plurality of openings spaced along a lower edge of the front wall;
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- at least one commissural support configured to securely couple to the mouthguard tray, the at least one commissural support having at least one clip arm configured to positionally hold the commissural support in relation to the mouthguard tray, and a body extending away from the clip, the body configured for long-term support of a commissure at a corner of the mouth of the patient when the at least one commissural support is coupled to the mouthguard tray and the mouthguard tray is inserted into the mouth of the patient.
An oral commissural splint, comprising:
- a mouthguard tray configured to be removably retained within a mouth of a patient;
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- at least one commissural support configured to movably couple to the mouthguard tray with the at least one commissural support movable between desired spatial positions in relation to the mouthguard tray, wherein the at least one commissural support remains in each of the desired spatial positions when placed there to support a commissure at a corner of the mouth of the patient when the mouthguard tray is inserted into the mouth of the patient over an extended period of time exceeding a day.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.