ORAL APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR TREATING SLEEP DISORDERS

• Main Authors: VENEGAS Jose, RASALINGAM Ravi, WARD Tarsha, ROCHE Ellen T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 29.05.2023
• Subjects: APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DENTISTRY; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRE-FIGHTING; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LIFE-SAVING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

An oral appliance and method for treating a sleep disorder in a subject are disclosed. The appliance includes, among other elements, a palatal overlay element that engages a portion of the dorsal surface of the subject's tongue, stabilizing the tongue in a superior direction toward the hard palate. The method generally involves stabilizing the dorsal surface of a subject's tongue in a superior direction toward the subject's hard palate. Se divulgan un aparato bucal y un método para tratar un trastorno del sueño en un sujeto. El aparato incluye, entre otros elementos, un elemento palatal del recubrimiento que enganche una porción de la superficie dorsal de la lengua del sujeto, estabilizando la lengua en una dirección superior hacia el paladar duro. El método generalmente consiste en estabilizar la superficie dorsal de la lengua de un sujeto en una dirección superior hacia el paladar duro del sujeto.