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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald W Schaefer, deceased, late of Madison, WI (US);
Melvin P Siedband, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Schaefer Partnership, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128848 ; 128861 ;
Abstract
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 to the electrodes, and circuitry connecting the source to the electrodes. The electrodes are disposed to contact an interior surface of the wearer's mouth to conduct electric stimuli to the mouth. Included in the electronic circuitry, are sensors which trigger the flow of electric current from the source to the electrodes when squeezed together by the wearer's teeth.