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US 9,314,320 B2Granted
Device for mitigation of temporomandibular joint disorder
AssigneeTMJ Services LLC
InventorAnthony Phillip Urbanek
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Abstract
A device for mitigation of temporomandibular joint disorder with lingual tooth surface contact surface, hard palate conformity, anterior pad, and pad wings.
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A device for mitigation of temporomandibular joint disorder comprising:
- a middle portion having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface being configured to communicate with lingual surfaces of four or more anterior upper jaw teeth and the hard palate, the bottom surface of the middle portion being comprised of an anterior pad that is configured such that movement of the anterior lower jaw teeth relative to the anterior pad can be freely accomplished by translational movement of the lower jaw, the anterior pad having a thickness such that only the anterior lower jaw teeth contact the anterior pad to prohibit occlusion of the posterior teeth;
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- pad wings extending posteriorly from opposite extremes of the middle portion, said pad wings having a top surface configured to communicate with the hard palate of the upper jaw structure and tooth clearances for one or more posterior teeth;
- wherein the device does not comprise a protrusive element extending from the bottom surface of the middle portion and that is configured to engage lingual surfaces of the anterior lower jaw teeth.
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A device, comprising:
- a main U-shaped body configured for placement in the upper jaw of a subject that includes an anterior central portion and two posteriorly extending wing portions;
- a top surface of each of the wing portions being configured to communicate with the hard palate;
- a top surface of the anterior central portion being configured to communicate with the hard palate and lingual surfaces of four or more anterior upper jaw teeth;
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- a bottom surface of the anterior central portion having an anterior pad, the bottom surface of anterior pad being configured such that voluntary forward translational movement of the lower jaw teeth relative to the device can be freely accomplished, and the anterior pad having a thickness such when the jaw of the subject is closed only the anterior lower jaw teeth contact the device at a bottom surface of the anterior pad;
- wherein the device does not comprise a protrusive element extending from the bottom surface of the anterior central portion and that is configured to engage lingual surfaces of the anterior lower jaw teeth.
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A device for mitigation of temporomandibular joint disorder comprising:
- a middle portion having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface being configured to communicate with lingual surfaces of four or more anterior upper jaw teeth and the hard palate, the bottom surface of the middle portion being comprised of an anterior pad that is configured such that movement of the anterior lower jaw teeth relative to the anterior pad can be freely accomplished by translational movement of the lower jaw, the anterior pad having a thickness such that only the anterior lower jaw teeth contact the anterior pad to prohibit occlusion of the posterior teeth;
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- pad wings extending posteriorly from opposite extremes of the middle portion, said pad wings having a top surface configured to communicate with the hard palate of the upper jaw structure and tooth clearances for one or more posterior teeth;
- wherein a portion of the device that engages the anterior upper jaw teeth is configured to only engage the lingual surfaces of the anterior upper jaw teeth;
- wherein the device does not comprise a protrusive element extending from the bottom surface of the middle portion and that is configured to engage lingual surfaces of the anterior lower jaw teeth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.