Matches 101 - 150 out of 249 < 1 2 3 4 5 >
Match Document Document Title
6408851 Method and device for holding a tongue in a forward position  
A device and method for pulling a tongue forward thereby preventing obstruction to the flow of air during sleep or an emergency.
6408852 Oral orthesis to reduce snoring and sleep apnea symptoms  
An oral orthesis for reduction of snoring and sleep apnea symptoms.
6405729 Oral appliance for improving breathing and method of constructing same  
A device ( 10 ) for improving a user's breathing includes an upper arch ( 12 ) that is adapted to receive at least some of the user's upper teeth and a lower arch ( 14 ) that is adapted to receive...
6390089 Nostril expansion device with interchangeable components  
A nostril expansion system, for use on a nose having a bridge and nostrils, comprising a pair of pads and a clip. The clip has a pair of ends which each detachably mount to one of the pads. The...
6386201 Apparatus for preventing snoring  
An apparatus for preventing snoring includes a pillow divided internally into separate air chambers, a sound sensor, an air pressure source, an air pressure reducing unit, and a monitoring unit....
6374824 Device for improving breathing  
A device for improving the breathing of a user includes an upper arch ( 12 ) adapted to receive at least some of the user's upper teeth, a lower arch ( 14 ) adapted to receive at least some of the...
6371120 Snore elimination device  
A snore elimination device includes a base having a wrist belt so as to be connected to a user's wrist, and a cover is mounted on the base. A circuit board is received in the base and a power...
6357444 Motion limiting device  
An apparatus for limiting body motion as a patient lies down includes a pad shaped to prevent the patient from rolling over the pad. The pad is shaped so that it projects outwardly 3 inches or more...
6325064 Device for improving breathing and method of fitting same  
A device (10) for improving the breathing of a user includes an upper arch (12) having a plate (20) and adapted to receive at least some of the user's upper teeth and a lower arch (14) adapted to...
6322772 Methodology for treatment of the dental arches and periodontal tissue  
A dentifrice form consisting of a dry compound of sodium bicarbonate as an oral bactricidal agent and oral antacid, psyllium husk fiber as a delivery system being an absorbent expansive binder and...
6305376 Device and method for improving breathing  
A device (10) for improving the breathing of a user includes an upper arch (12) adapted to receive at least some of the user's upper teeth, a lower arch (14) adapted to receive at least some of the...
6302110 Dental protector against bruxism  
The invention has for its object to provide a dental protector against bruxism adapted to protect the teeth from clenching, insure stability during wear, and applicable to many persons. The dental...
6302109 Evacuating surgical drape support  
The present invention provides a surgical drape support useful in head, neck or ophthalmic surgery, which supports the drape above and off the patient's face while actively removing exhaled air...
6302686 Interocclusal dental appliance and method  
An interocclusal dental appliance has a liner and an outer shell of a material harder than the liner. The shell extends around the liner through the occlusal surface, the buccal and lingual...
6297728 Method and device for preventing persons from falling asleep  
In order to prevent persons driving a vehicle from falling asleep, it is proposed to cool a specific location on the head of the related person. Preferably, the cooling is accomplished by means of...
RE37382 Gum pad for mucosal delivery of medication  
A gum growth pad (10) comprising has a nonporous first layer (12) . An and an absorbent second layer (14) is placed upon the nonporous first layer (12). A gum tissue growth...
6289893 Snore reducer jacket  
The present appliance functions to resist rolling of a sleeping person from a side to a back-reclining position. It thus prevents airway blockage caused by collapsing of soft throat tissues and the...
6279577 Supporter  
A human body appendage supporter has elastic members that apply pressure to the appendage to retain the appendage in a desired position. The supporter is a one-piece structure having elastic side...
6267755 Method of hair depilation  
A method of hair depilation using an Nd:YAG laser which causes local heating at the hair bulb due to the absorption of the oxyhemoglobin contained in the capillaries. The Nd:YAG laser operates at...
6263877 Snore prevention apparatus  
A snore prevention device is provided for preventing snoring by a user. The snore prevention device includes a generally oval plate positioned in the mouth of the user between the teeth and the...
6260551 Post mortem adjustable mandibular maxillary lock  
A post-mortem adjustable mandibular/maxillary lock. The apparatus permits easily position on a cadaver, even ones that have jaw problems such as dentures, diseased bones, brittle bones, trauma as...
6170485 Anti-snoring device  
An anti-snoring device including detachably attachable upper and lower trays selectively fitting over a person's upper and lower teeth. The trays are formed of a rigid plastic outer shell and...
6164278 Taste-based approach to the prevention of teeth clenching and grinding  
A new biofeedback modality for the treatment of bruxism. A mildly aversive, safe, liquid is inserted into, and sealed in, small, bilaterally-sleeved, polyethylene capsules. Two capsules are...
6161541 Hyoid expansion and suspension procedure  
A method is provided for surgically treating obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. In a first embodiment of the invention, a procedure is provided which includes the step of splitting the hyoid bone to...
6161542 Method of treating snoring and obstructive sleep apnea  
A dentally retained intra-oral appliance worn at night for treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. The appliance maintains the patient's mandible in an anterior, protruded position to...
6155262 Method and apparatus for adjusting a dental device  
A method and apparatus for fitting a dental device are provided in which an upper arch (12) receives a drive mechanism (16). Drive mechanism (16) is controlled by a controller (32). The drive...
6148820 Apparatus for inhibiting nocturnal drying of the oral cavity  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for inhibiting nocturnal drying of the oral cavity from breathing through a person's mouth. More particularly, the invention is directed to an...
6138679 Method suitable for influencing the ingestion of food by humans via the mouth cavity  
A device suitable for influencing the ingestion of food via the mouth cavity of humans. The capacity of the mouth cavity is reduced with a view to reducing the body weight. This is accomplished by...
6129084 Intra-oral appliance for the prevention of snoring  
An intra-oral appliance is disclosed for repositioning the user's mandible anterior to the user's maxillary teeth thus opening the user's oral and pharyngeal passageway and preventing snoring and...
6109265 Elastic mandibular advancement appliance  
There are disclosed two embodiments of a mandibular advancement or positioning device which uses elastic bands to pull the jaw forward. The appliance has an upper plastic tray conforming to the...
6092523 Anti-snoring device  
An anti-snoring device has a dental overlay portion and a guide ramp portion slidably mounted in the dental portion. The dental overlay is professionally fitted on a user's upper teeth. The guide...
6089232 Snore stopper  
A method and device for stopping a person from snoring while sleeping including an elastic fabric panel, having adhesive covering one surface, the adhesive covered by a protective peel-off cover...
6076526 Mouth breathing preventer  
The mouth breathing preventer device has a lip shield and a dental shield which are connected by a center tube. The center tube can be sealed to prevent air from entering the mouth or opened to...
6058935 Head belt  
A head belt including an elongated elastic band having short opposed end edges and long opposed side edges formed in a generally rectangular configuration. The short opposed end edges have...
6055986 Apparatus and method for the reduction of snoring  
An apparatus for intra-oral use including a framework having an upper curved platform and a lower curved platform, each of the platforms being defined by two walls extending from and separated by a...
6016807 TMJ tensioning device  
A comfortable harness device for tensioning the temporomandibular joint. The harness has a plurality of pliable, but substantially non-elastic bands. A first band encircles a wearer's face and...
6006746 Nasal dilator in combination with eyeglass  
An eyeglass frame structure having combined a pair of nasal dilators for the relief of nasal passageway airflow. Each dilator means comprises a spring member which is substantially curved to follow...
5988170 Snoring prevention apparatus  
A snoring prevention apparatus for depressing a person's tongue during sleep is provided which includes a base plate, a tongue depressing member, an opening through which air may flow and a...
5988171 Methods and devices for the treatment of airway obstruction, sleep apnea and snoring  
Methods and devices for the treatment of airway obstruction, sleep apnea and snoring, by tongue suspension for treatment of airway obstruction in a human subject, including the steps of inserting a...
5979449 Oral appliance device and method for use thereof for appetite suppression  
An oral appliance device and method are provided for suppressing the appetite for weight control. The oral appliance device includes a substantially U-shaped channel for receiving the upper teeth...
5947724 Elastic mandibular advancement appliance with slide-in bite planes  
A mandibular advancement, or positioning, device which uses elastic bands to pull the jaw forward is disclosed. The appliance has an upper base conforming to the patient's maxillary dentition soft...
5941247 Snore prevention apparatus  
A snore prevention apparatus comprising an upper and a lower mouthpiece. The two mouthpieces are conjoined by slideable securing means so that each mouthpiece may move with respect to the other. An...
5921240 Snore and teeth grinding prevention device  
A device is provided for preventing snoring and the grinding of teeth by a user during sleep. The device includes a generally oval plate positioned in the mouth of the user between the teeth and...
5921241 Anti-snoring device having an adjustable external oral shield  
An anti-snoring device including a moldable dental overlay for covering the lower teeth of the user and for maintaining the tongue in contact with the palate to prevent air flow from causing the...
5915385 Snore and stress relieving device  
A dental device for removable placement in the mouth of a user for eliminating snoring and relieving stress. The device includes and upper member which is adapted for engagement with the user's...
5911576 Measurement device for quantifying the severity of bruxism  
A bruxism monitoring device comprising a thin shell formed to the shape of and elastically retained to one or more teeth, said shell further comprising: a plurality of layers having mutually...
5893365 Appliance for preventing snoring and obstructive sleep apnea  
An appliance for preventing snoring and sleep apnea includes a headgear and a mouthpiece. The headgear includes an adjustable headband encircling the upper portion of a user's head at the forehead;...
5884628 Snoring device  
A device is disclosed that can be adapted to fit the dentitions of a user to prevent snoring. The device has a flexible, U-shaped upper member and a flexible, U-shaped lower member each of which...
5885073 Orthopedic incline appliance and method  
The invention provides to a prefabricated appliance for correcting many types of malocclusions typically with no more than limited use of wires or bands. The appliance is designed to be fitted...
5873363 Method and apparatus for breathing  
The present invention is an apparatus and method for urging proper breathing. The apparatus comprises an oral barrier placed in or over the mouth having an air impervious layer to prevent airflow...
Matches 101 - 150 out of 249 < 1 2 3 4 5 >