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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2003
Patrick Raymond Brady, Dallas, TX (US);
Gerhard Emil Maale, Dallas, TX (US);
Holly Neville, Sunnyvale, TX (US);
Patrick Raymond Brady, Dallas, TX (US);
Gerhard Emil Maale, Dallas, TX (US);
Holly Neville, Sunnyvale, TX (US);
Surgical Devices, Ltd., Co. Morningstar Holding Ltd., Charleston, Nevis, West Indies, unknown;
Abstract
Snoring and sleep apnea are prevented by advancing the mandible of an individual during sleep. Instead of using an intra-oral device that has the potential to cause movement of the teeth, an extra-oral device is used, having a rigid headpiece, mandibular cradles that press against the posterior angle of the mandible, and a connector between the headpiece and the jaw pads to cause the force that maintains the mandible in the forward position to be transmitted to the head, rather than the teeth.