Oral muscle training
AssigneeSignifier Medical Technologies Limited
InventorAnshul SAMA
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Abstract
A device (100) for training oral muscle tone, the device (100) includes a mouthpiece (103) having a first and second arm (131) diverging away from one another and each carrying at least one electrode means (132a, 132b, 133a, 133b), at least one of the at least one electrode means protruding proud of adjacent portions of the arms (131), electrical circuitry operatively connected to the electrode means (132a, 132b, 133a, 133b), at least one of the at least one electrode means comprising an electrically conductive polymeric or plastics material.
Claims20
A device for oral muscle training, the device comprising:
- a mouthpiece having a first and second arm extending from a base and diverging away from one another and each carrying at least one electrode on a projection extending from each arm, wherein the base is bent and configured to extend over a user's bottom lip;
- a connector at a terminal portion of the base, said connector configured to couple with a control unit, and
- an encapsulated circuit board assembly within a portion of the base that extends over the user's bottom lip that is configured to communicate with the control unit.
A device for oral muscle training, the device comprising:
- a mouthpiece having joined first and second arms extending from a base and diverging away from one another, each of said first and second arms having a longitudinal axis and having a projection extending as a continuation of the longitudinal axis from a free end of the first and second arms, each projection carrying an at least one electrode, said at least one electrode protruding proud of adjacent portions of the projection, wherein the base is bent and configured to extend over a user's bottom lip;
- a connector at a terminal portion of the base that is configured to be bent over the user's bottom lip, the connector configured to couple with a control unit;
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- an encapsulated circuit board assembly within a portion of the base that extends over the user's bottom lip is configured to communicate with the control unit.
A method of forming a device for training one or more oral muscles, the method comprising forming one or more electrodes from an electrically conductive plastics material and providing said one or more electrodes on at least one arm of a pair of arms such that said one or more electrodes protrude beyond the adjacent surface of the arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.