Mouth guard for medical use
AssigneeInoris Medical AB
InventorTadeusz Tyszkiewicz
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Abstract
A mouth guard for medical use is made of nonrigid plastic material and comprises a U-shaped portion forming a through opening to receive an instrument therein. The opening is shaped as a keyhole having a wider portion and a narrower portion that is open at one side of the mouth guard. Radially protruding flanges are provided at the ends of the annular portion. The instrument can be introduced laterally into the wider portion of the keyhole through the narrower portion under resilient yielding of the U-shaped portion.
Claims7
A mouth guard for medical use comprising an U-shaped portion forming a through opening extending axially through the mouthguard to receive an instrument therein, said opening being shaped as a keyhole having a wider portion and a narrower portion forming a slot at one side of the mouth guard, extending along the total axial length thereof;
- and at each end of the U-shaped portion protruding radially from the outside surface of the U-shaped portion for positioning the mouth guard in the mouth said U-shaped portion and said flanges being made in their entirety of nonrigid plastic material to allow the instrument to be introduced laterally into the keyhole through the slot formed by the narrow portion under resilient yielding of the U-shaped portion and then to be received in the wider portion.
A mouth guard for medical applications, said mouthguard comprising:
- (a) a body having an outer surface, an inner surface, a first end, and a second end, said mouthguard body having an opening extending through said body from said first end to said second end;
- (b) a first ridge adjacent said mouthguard body first end;
- (c) a second ridge adjacent said mouthguard body second end;
- (d) first and second opposed ribs projecting from said body inner surface to form a narrower portion in said body opening, wherein said first and second opposed ribs form a keyhole shape in said opening allowing an instrument to be introduced through said mouthguard body opening and held in place by said opposed ribs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.