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| 20080295849 | ENDOSCOPIC BITE BLOCK FOR USE WITH CANNULA - A bite block that is inserted into a patient's mouth during an endoscopic diagnostic or surgical procedure that has a channel for receiving an endoscope or other surgical instrument through the patient's mouth and additional channels transmitting a gas to the patient and transmitting expired gas from the patient. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090056725 | Protective guards and method of using same - A method and apparatus for protecting a user's mouth from discomfort caused by installed dental brackets of the character having a plurality of bracket members attached to the teeth of the user with cooperating wire support members attached to the brackets. The apparatus includes a plurality of uniquely configured protective guards that can be quickly and easily connected to and removed from the bracket members of the installed dental bracket. The protective guards are preferably constructed from a soft, stretchable material and comprise an end guard, a side guard, a corner guard and a front guard, each of which can be readily, removably attached to the dental bracket at selected areas to protect the inside of the user's mouth from injury. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090114232 | Athletic Mouthguard with Customizable Color Insert - This invention relates to a protective mouthguard for use by athletes that incorporates a color customizable feature, allowing users to customize the visible color of the mouthguard. The invented protective mouthguard has a u-shaped base that will fit inside of a user's mouth. The front surface of the mouthguard can be visible when the mouthguard is worn by the user inside of his mouth. A colorable strip is placed inside a cavity in the front wall of the mouthguard and is visible through holes that are placed in the front wall. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090266368 | ENDOSCOPIC BITE BLOCK - A bite block intended primarily for use with upper gastrointestinal endoscopy comprises a unitary body that fits into the mouth between the teeth or dental ridges. The bite block includes a central passageway large enough to accommodate a gastroscope. The bite block also has a surface which lies exterior to the oral cavity and extends around the outer surface of the lips. A suction wand is releasably connected to the body and extends into the intra-oral portion thereof where it forms an angle and allows suction drainage of pooled oral fluids from the cheek cavity. The interior tip of the suction wand has a terminal opening as well as multiple circumferentially arranged secondary openings adjacent the terminal opening all of which allow suction drainage of oral fluids with diminished occlusion by the oral tissues. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100071706 | ANTIMICROBIAL DENTAL APPLIANCES INCLUDING MOUTHGUARDS AND MOUTHPIECES - The present invention provides for a dental appliance, mouthguard and/or divers mouthpiece using an anti-microbial composition that combines the use of an elastomeric polymer composition with micronized or submicron sized particles of metal or organo/inorgano metal complexes. In addition, the use of an anti-microbial composition for use with a diver's air delivery hose to prevent breathing of contaminated air is also described. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100326450 | Cheek Saver - Two substantially rectangular, thin, flexible plates, connected by a third substantially narrow, rectangular, thin, flexible plate, together forming the preferred embodiment, is placed between the cheeks and the jaws to prevent the molars biting into the cheeks and the front incisors biting into the lip. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110197898 | SPIT PREVENTION MASK - A spit prevention mask comprises a frame, the covering plate and two support arms. The covering plate is capable of being inserted onto the frame, two support arms can be attached onto the two ends of the frame. wherein with the above mentioned structure, the ear hook of each support arm can be placed around the user's ear, and the covering plate covers the user's mouth, and the separator keeps a predetermined distance between the covering plate and the user's mouth without any contact; therefore, the covering plate prevents spit coming from the user without reducing the clarity of speech of the user, allows facial expressions to be seen, does not affect intake of breath, and exhalations from the user do not cause fogging of the user's eyeglasses. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110290261 | MOUTH GUARDS FOR TREATING OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A mouth guard that may be used to treat temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is configured to eliminate pressure on an individual's back teeth. Such a mouth guard may also be configured to prevent a subject's lower jaw from moving in a posterior direction, or from “distalization.” Methods for treating TMD include spacing the top teeth at the back of a subject's mouth from the bottom teeth at the back of the subject's mouth without applying pressure to either the top teeth or the bottom teeth. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110315151 | Orthodontic Pain Shield - The present invention is devices and methods for quick and easy management of pain caused by orthodontic appliances. These dispensing devices and methods allow the user to quickly and easily obtain a desired size of a strip or segment applied to the orthodontic appliance to shield the user's mouth so that the strips or segments are immediately ready for use and take the mess and guesswork out of preparing and applying the pain management material to the sites needed. The invention consists of wax, polymer or other biocompatible flexible material formed into either strips or individual pieces. These strips or individual pieces are applied to the orthodontic appliance to shield the user's mouth from painful contact with components of an orthodontic appliance. In addition, the orthodontic pain shield may use shape, color, flavoring and even the possibility of topical anesthetics or other medicaments to ameliorate or preferably eliminate the pain caused by the irritation of oral tissue in and around the mouth caused by contact with the components of orthodontic appliances. A key advantage of the present invention is that it can be immediately used straight from its packaging, without the need for shaping, flattening, molding or guessing the proper size of the strips or segments needed and avoids all the mess typically associated with the preparation and application of orthodontic wax. Another key advantage of the present invention is that it can easily cover large areas of a user's mouth up to and including an entire orthodontic appliance. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120012119 | ATHLETIC MOUTHGUARD WITH CUSTOMIZABLE COLOR INSERT - This invention relates to a protective mouthguard for use by athletes that incorporates a color customizable feature, allowing users to customize the visible color of the mouthguard. The invented protective mouthguard has a u-shaped base that will fit inside of a user's mouth. The front surface of the mouthguard can be visible when the mouthguard is worn by the user inside of his mouth. A colorable strip is placed inside a cavity in the front wall of the mouthguard and is visible through holes that are placed in the front wall. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120186591 | Jaw Thrust Appliance - An extra-oral medical device is disclosed for treating respiratory conditions and maintaining an open airway. The device comprises a pair of jaw thrusters that affix to a headgear appliance encircling or otherwise attaching around a user's head. The thrusters include a pair of pads that attach to the headgear via two adjustable ear surrounds and place a forward load against the angle of a user's mandible. The forward load forces the mandible and the tongue forward, displacing the tongue from the posterior oropharynx and performing a jaw thrust maneuver for airway management. The device is adapted for medical and personal use, wherein the headgear can be worn while sleeping to treat sleep apnea, excessive snoring and other respiratory disorders, or alternatively may be used by medical professionals to maintain an open airway during a procedure or medical emergency. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120199138 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE SHIELD - A protective shield is removably mounted over an orthodontic appliance in a user's mouth and includes an outer resilient compressible material layer joined to an inner adhesive layer. The shield is flexible for easy installation over all exposed surfaces of the orthodontic appliance; but is removable after a period of use. The outer resilient material layer of the shield can be formed of closed cell foam or a gelatinous material. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120199139 | INTRA-ORAL SALIVA REMOVAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIR PRESSURE DEVICE AND METHOD - There is provided an intra-oral saliva-removal device for introduction into a buccal vestibulum between teeth and inner parts of lips and cheeks in a mouth of a patient, the device comprising at least one uni-directional valve adapted to transfer fluids from a buccal side of the device to a lingual side thereof. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120199140 | Deconstricting airway devices - An intraoral airway having opposing trays with a soft lining or cushion to grip the maxillary and mandibular dental arches of a patient with a fixed relationship in such a manner as to gently open the mouth and thrust the mandibular component slightly forward thereby opening the oral cavity and hypopharynx for air/gas passage that is easily tolerated by fully awake patients/users as well as by sedated, anesthetized or obtunded patients. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20130037038 | La lengua - The Present invention relates to children who have a problem expressing themselves. Boys tend to bottle things up inside. This invention will help them be more expressive in their daily lives. We make this toy by using mold gel alginate; it is placed over one of our models face. When it starts to gel we apply a second coat over the mouth. We, then remove and create airways. The invention comes in various colors. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130087157 | SUPPLEMENT DISPENSING MOUTHGUARD - The supplement dispensing mouthguards disclosed herein include one or more supplement cavities that store a supplement and one or more openings connected to the supplement cavities. The openings receive the supplement into a mouthguard and discharge the supplement from the mouthguard into a user's mouth. The supplement dispensing mouthguards may be worn during physical activity for protection and/or jaw alignment. Once a desired supplement has filled, been inserted, or placed within the mouthguard, the mouthguard is inserted into the user's mouth and the supplement is gradually and safely dispersed into the user's mouth through openings in the mouthguard. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130118507 | Bite guard and method of use - A bite guard to protect an individual's teeth, tongue, and/or mouth during medical procedures and tests. The bite guard is designed to be placed in an individual's mouth between the upper and lower set of teeth during certain medical procedures such as motor evoked potential (MEP) testing which is known to cause an individual's jaws muscles to contract. The present invention will protect the teeth, tongue and mouth of an individual by preventing the upper and lower teeth from coming in contact while maintaining a bridged opening for the placement of tubular inserts as well as maintain unobstructed breathing space. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130125902 | SLEEP APNEA RELIEF SYSTEM - Described is an oral appliance for providing sleep apnea relief. The appliance includes a body formed in a u-shape ending in a rear portion having a first end and a second end. A malleable metal spine is molded into the body and protrudes from at least one of the first and second ends. A tongue depressor is connected with the malleable spine, thereby allowing a user to bend the malleable spine to position the tongue depressor into the desired position. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20140041670 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR COMBATING OVERWEIGHT OR OBESITY IN HUMANS - Medical device for combating overweight or obesity in humans by achieving a more rapid feeling of satiety, comprising a bite raiser which can be connected to the human maxilla and/or mandible ( | 02-13-2014 |
| 20150034097 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RESTRAINING FOOD IN TAKE - An intra-oral device and a method of using the device to assist overweight persons in treating obesity by reducing and/or limiting the mouth opening and/or slowing down the rate of chewing. Such a device is handled by the user with or without the need for professional help, by increasing the awareness of the user about the need to reduce the amount of food intake in order to lose weight. The intra-oral device is intended to train the user to reduce the mouth opening. The intra-oral device is a restraining device which is anchored in the upper and lower jaws. The restraining device is an elastic element which is inserted between two respective inter-proximal spaces (IPSs) of the upper and the lower jaws of the user. The device reduces and/or limits the mouth opening and/or slows down the rate of chewing. The device is disposable, intended for a single use, and is removable after use. The device can be disengaged in case of a need to open the mouth above the limits of the device. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150290009 | METHODS FOR MAKING CONJUGATES FROM DISULFIDE-CONTAINING PROTEINS - A weight loss device ( | 10-15-2015 |
