Sleepy, Inc.

Ravinder D Pamnani

Joshua Makower

Eric A Goldfarb

Joseph Catanese, Iii

Michael Jurgen Strasser

Theodore M Bender

Imraan Aziz

William M Facteau

Kyle L Lamson

Earl A Bright, Ii

Jason Hegener

A device for receipt in a user's mouth includes a tongue engagement element having a front region, a rear region, and side regions that define an opening for receiving a user's tongue, means for retaining the user's tongue in a forward position, and means for changing the size of the opening. The tongue engagement element is shaped such that when placed in a user's mouth, the rear region extends over the user's tongue and the front region extends under the user's tongue. A method of securing a tongue engagement element in a user's mouth includes moving an expanded tongue engagement element under a front region of a tongue and over a rear region of the tongue, and allowing the tongue engagement element to return toward a non-expanded state. The tongue engagement element acts to resist rearward motion of the tongue.

Adjustable tongue retaining oral appliance

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Belmont, CA, United States of America

Ravinder D Pamnani