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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2006
Applicant:
Kasey K. LI, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kasey K. Li, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 5/14 (2006.01); A61F 5/37 (2006.01); A61C 3/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tongue retaining system is disclosed herein generally having, in one variation, a two-part system. A covering can be sized to fit at least partially over or upon a tongue of a patient, where the covering has an engagement mechanism positioned thereon. A retaining device, sized to fit within a mouth of the patient, may be positioned upon the teeth and have a corresponding engagement mechanism positioned thereon for temporarily coupling with the engagement mechanism on the covering. Such a system can be used to maintain or hold a natural position of the tongue within the mouth of the patient to maintain patency of the airway passages.