Dental chair overlay
OwnerRuda R. Eltzrothinventor
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Abstract
A dental chair overlay is used for opening a patient's airway. The dental chair overlay has a body support and a head support. The body support has a superior end and dorsal and ventral surfaces. The distance between the dorsal and ventral surfaces define a thickness of the body support. The head support is attached to the superior end of the body support. The head support has dorsal and ventral surfaces. The distance between the dorsal and ventral surfaces define a thickness of the head support. The thickness of the body support is greater than the thickness of the head support, such that the airway of a patient lying on the dental chair overlay is urged open.
Claims4
A dental chair overlay comprising:
- a body support having a superior end and dorsal and ventral surfaces, the distance between the dorsal and ventral surfaces defining a generally uniform thickness for the body support, the body support comprised of a material that provides resistance to patient lateral movements and positions a patient towards the longitudinal axis of the body support;
- a head support attached to the superior end of the body support and having dorsal and ventral surfaces the distance between the dorsal and ventral surfaces defining a thickness of the head support, the head support being thicker at its lateral edges than in the region between the lateral edges, thereby forming a cupped surface for receiving the head of a patient, the head support being thicker at an area adjacent to the body support, than at an area further away from the area adjacent to the body support, thereby defining a means for supporting a patient's neck;
- wherein the thickness of the body support is greater than the thickness of the head support, such that the airway of a patient lying on the dental chair overlay is urged open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.