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5829441 Customizable dental device for snoring and sleep apnea treatment  
A mandible extension dental device (10) is provided which includes adjustable upper and lower arch trays (12, 14) and coupling means (16) designed to pull the lower jaw of a user forwardly during...
5826579 Remote-controlled mandibular positioning device and method of using the device  
A remote-controlled mandibular positioner for conveniently and precisely positioning the mandible during a sleep center or in-hospital study of patients who are candidates for mandibular positioner...
5823194 Flexible retentive bite block and fabrication process  
A dentally retained intra-oral appliance worn at night for treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea and its fabrication process. The appliance maintains the patient's mandible in an...
5823193 Dental appliance for alleviating snoring and protecting teeth from bruxism  
A single dental appliance that both alleviates snoring and protects teeth from bruxism. The appliance (10) has an upper section (12) which is mounted on the upper jaw. Opposing the upper section...
5816799 Intraoral orthopedic appliance adjustment apparatus  
An intraoral orthopedic appliance with adjustment apparatus and method of manufacture adjustably attaches an appliance upper dental part and lower dental part together. One appliance part is...
5810013 Anti-snoring device having an adjusting 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...
5806525 Apparatus and method for improving nasal breathing  
An apparatus for opening nasal passages of a human head is disclosed, with the human head having a nose, a first cheek and a second cheek, and with the nose having a bridge portion, a first nasal...
5794627 Disposable mandibular advancement appliance  
A mandibular advancement, or positioning, device for short-term or one-time use is described. The appliance has an upper tray and a lower tray holding impression material, into which the patient...
5792067 Apparatus and method for mitigating sleep and other disorders through electromuscular stimulation  
An electromuscular stimulator that effects a beneficial medical purpose selected from the group consisting of mitigating snoring, mitigating obstructive sleep apnea, mitigating hypertension, dental...
5787894 Jaw-closing anti-snoring system  
A new Jaw-Closing Anti-Snoring System for controlling a user's snoring by supporting the user's jaw in a closed position while sleeping. The inventive device includes a strap having a first end and...
5775335 Apparatus to diminish or eliminate snoring  
Two cylindrical members having an elongated flexible strap there-between. Each of the members is adapted for insertion into a nostril of a person to enlarge the nostril. Each of the members further...
5769089 External nasal splint  
Disclosed is an external nasal splint which is adapted so that it may be placed across the bridge of the human nose, where it facilitates breathing without irritating the skin across the bridge of...
5755232 Universal anatomical support device and method of using same  
An anatomical support device is disclosed that lifts, supports and stabilizes various parts of the human anatomy preferably utilizing a medical grade, hypoallergenic, removable tape base plate...
5752524 Device for preventing or reducing snoring  
The device includes in combination a rigid ellipsoidal support base having a concave interior surface and a convex exterior surface and an adhesive material for attaching to human epidermis layered...
5727564 Snore reducing devices with molar wedges and roof arch  
Snore reducing device 10 includes the combination of left and right gripping portions 12 and 14 and arch section 20. Each gripping portion 12 and 14 is configured for gripping between a user's...
5720302 Anti-snoring device having an external shield  
An anti-snoring device including a denture member 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 palate to...
5715840 Snore-repressing mouthpiece  
An improved snore-preventing device having a mouthpiece insertable into a user's mouth and having an upwardly-facing trough member and a downwardly-facing trough member secured together by a...
5713833 Septum nerve stimulator  
A therapeutic device for being removably retained in a person's nostrils is generally U-shaped and includes a pair of opposing resilient arms insertable within the nostrils and soft spherical...
5692524 Adjustable post mortem chin strap  
A new Adjustable Post Mortem Chin Strap for facilitating retention of a deceased's lower jaw in the closed position during presentations. The inventive device includes a chin strap that engages the...
5692521 Sleep apnea resolution appliance  
A one piece dental appliance custom molded to a particular patient's denton for resolution of sleep apnea. The invention features a transpalatal strap extending from one side of the appliance to...
5690121 Clearing nasal passage product  
A clearing nasal passage product is made of a flexible sheet or the like having a hypo-allergenic adhesive back that is designed to be applied to a user's face. The product has a chin support...
5687743 Head strap assembly for reducing snoring activity  
A head strap assembly for reducing snoring activity includes a front strap for extending around a head spaced forwardly of ears and below a chin of a user, a rear strap for extending around the...
5678567 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...
5666973 Device to reduce or prevent night clenching and grinding of teeth and snoring  
A device is provided to prevent or reduce night clenching and grinding of teeth, as well as to impede snoring. The device is adapted to be placed into a mouth cavity of a patient and includes a...
5653224 Nasal dilator with areas of adhesive engagement of varying strength  
A nasal dilator that prevents the outer wall tissue of the nasal passages of the nose from drawing in during breathing comprises a truss member. The truss member includes a flexible strip of...
5649540 Tongue positioning device for medical procedures  
A tongue positioning apparatus comprising a shield attached to a tongue receptacle for moving the user's tongue forward to provide access to the user's oropharynx during a medical procedure and a...
5642738 Anti-snoring device with reducible size  
An anti-snoring device inserted between the gums and lips of a user. The device comprises a flexible, elongate oval membrane having a handle located centrally of one side of the membrane to...
5642737 Device for alleviating snoring  
An anti-snore device for alleviating snoring which includes an upper member and a lower member which can be molded to fit over a wearer's dental contours (i.e. upper and lower teeth) similarly as...
5640974 Kit including a chin support member and a nasal passage dilator  
A kit to promote effective breathing through nasal passages when a user is sleeping includes a chin support member and a nasal passage dilator. The chin support member is made of a flexible sheet...
5617846 Method of controlling a respirator for treatment of sleep apnea and device for carrying out the method  
For controlling a respirator for treatment of sleep apnea, a patient's oscillatory pressure amplitude, which corresponds to a patient's breathing resistance is continuously measured, and the...
5611333 Dilator with peel force reducing structure  
A dilator formed with a truss with a pair of spaced-apart end surfaces that provides a restoring force therebetween if forced toward one another, this restoring force provided by a resilient band...
5611355 Snoring and sleep apnea device  
A device which can be molded to fit a particular user's mouth for the prevention of snoring and sleep apnea, comprises upper and lower mounting members and a releasable fastening assembly. The...
5601093 Snore-inhibiting device  
A snore-inhibiting device shaped and dimensioned for comfortable installation within the mouth of a user includes a pair of cooperating jaw pieces configured to cap the upper and lower...
5592951 Oral appliance  
An oral appliance comprising an upper channel, adapted to receive upper teeth or gums, a roof wall comprising an upper surface adapted to generally conform to the roof of a user's mouth and a lower...
5586562 Device for sensing and treating bruxism  
The instant invention is a device and method for treatment of bruxism, snoring, and sleep apnea based upon an inconspicuously placed tooth guard which, in the preferred embodiment, includes a...
5570704 Universal, user-adjustable oral cavity appliance to control snoring and reduce episodes of obstructive sleep apnea  
A universal, user-adjustable oral cavity appliance is provided for maintaining the mandible in an open and forward position during sleep. The appliance includes a lingual mandibular retaining strap...
5566683 Apparatus for prevention of snoring and improved breathing during sleep  
A dental device is provided in which a post extends downward from an upper arch to cause a lower arch to extend forward, thereby causing a user's lower jaw to extend forward.
5562106 Dental appliance for relief of snoring and method of making same  
A non-surgical oral appliance for improving breathing, and abating or completely alleviating snoring sounds and symptoms while sleeping. The patient is pre-tested and pre-fitted for the appliance...
5553605 Transparent external nasal dilator  
A nasal dilator for preventing outer wall tissue of nasal passages of a nose from drawing in during breathing. There is a spring member for bridging a human nose, the spring member extending over...
5549103 Nasal dilator having an adhesive void to allow relative movement  
A nasal dilator that prevents the outer wall tissue of the nasal passages of the nose from drawing in during breathing comprises a truss member. The truss member includes a flexible strip of base...
5537994 Combination face mask and dental device for improved breathing during sleep  
A combination face mask and dental device for improved breathing during sleeping is provided in which a face mask (10) is connected through an air tube (14) to a gas supply system (16). The face...
5533503 Nasal dilator  
A nasal dilator that prevents the outer wall tissue of the nasal passages of the nose from drawing in during breathing comprises a truss member. The truss member includes a flexible strip of...
5499633 Anti-snoring device with adjustable upper and lower relational members  
An adjustable oral device for placement within the mouth of a user to reduce or eliminate snoring. The device comprises an upper member having a substantially curved shape and defining an upwardly...
5495857 Therapeutic enclosure for a patient  
A therapeutic enclosure for a patient having a framework arrangement having a predetermined configuration; a transparent plastic material covering at least the framework to provide the enclosure...
5490520 Dental applicance for treating bruxism  
A dental appliance for treating bruxism is provided which, according to one aspect of the invention, has a mouthpiece containing an electric source, electrodes, and circuitry connecting the source...
5477867 Device for the suppression of snoring  
The device has a microphone with a combined amplifier, filter and demodulator for detection of snoring noises. If the sleeper is found to be snoring, a control operates a tone generator, which...
5465734 Adjustable tongue positioning device and method  
An apparatus is provided for positioning a user's tongue to bring the tongue forward, to decrease obstructions in the user's airway and reduce snoring. The apparatus comprises a tongue sleeve which...
5462066 Snoring relief device  
An anti-snore device, which includes a U-shaped thermoplastic mouthpiece, moldable to fit the jaw definition of the wearer which device has a generally H-shaped cross section, with rearwardly...
5458105 Wrist worn anti-snore apparatus for detecting snoring and for producing vibratory motion  
An anti-snore apparatus and method of stopping a person from snoring are disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the apparatus includes a housing that is wearable on a person's limb and a strap for...
5409017 Mandible repositioning appliance  
A mandible repositioning appliance formed by an upper bite block and a lower bite block interconnected by an adjustable mechanism including a posterior section connected to the rear portion of the...
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