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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
David Scott Utley, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jack Denton Utley, Jr., Fairview, PA (US);
Peter Trexler Keith, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael Berman, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Robert Emmett Atkinson, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
David Scott Utley, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jack Denton Utley, Jr., Fairview, PA (US);
Peter Trexler Keith, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael Berman, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Robert Emmett Atkinson, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Aetherworks II, Inc., White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Abstract
An intraoral aversion device to assist a user in quitting an undesirable behavior such as tobacco smoking, tobacco chewing, use of snuff, illicit drug use, excessive alcohol consumption, excessive food consumption, and/or other undesirable activity facilitated via the mouth. The aversion device may be wholly or partially configured to be disposed in the user's mouth, for example. The aversion device may include a detector and a output device, wherein the detector is configured to detect a parameter indicative of the user engaging in the habit or undesirable activity. If (and only if) the detector detects such a parameter, the output device delivers a negative stimulus to the user, thus providing negative feedback and creating an incentive for the user to limit if not eliminate the undesirable activity.