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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Applicants:
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, JP;
Jms Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Inventors:
Koichiro Toyota, Hiroshima, JP;
Kazuhiro Tsuga, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignees:
HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, Hiroshima, JP;
JMS CO., LTD., Hiroshima, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61C 19/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/682 (2013.01); A61B 5/227 (2013.01); A61B 5/228 (2013.01); A61B 5/4205 (2013.01); A61B 5/4542 (2013.01); A61B 5/4552 (2013.01); A61B 5/6843 (2013.01); A61C 19/05 (2013.01); A61B 2505/09 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01); A61B 2562/168 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a probefor measuring a lip closing force, the probe including: a hollow balloonconfigured to be disposed between an upper lipand lower lipof a subject, and crushed and deformed by the lip closing force, and a basewhich is connected to a pressure measurement devicefor measuring an internal pressure of the balloon. The balloonis provided with a fixable portionconfigured to be sandwiched between teethandor gums of the subject.