Patent ID: 11969387
Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A method of intraoral treatment of a patient, comprising:
providing an intraoral tool comprising one or more inserts connected to a tool handle or a tool mounting bracket, wherein the one or more inserts are selected to provide an intraoral treatment of a facial injury or disorder, wherein the intraoral tool is configured to permit manipulation of the one or more inserts in a patient's mouth; and
delivering one or more treatments to the patient to treat the facial injury or disorder, wherein the intraoral tool provides for a prolonged stretch of a skin, a musculature, or both;
further comprising a bending tool used to bend the tool handle into a plurality of shapes, adjusting a length of the tool handle, wherein the bending tool has a plurality of teeth for ratcheting into the tool mounting bracket, or trimming an excess of the tool handle once the length has been adjusted, and
wherein-a shape of the one or more inserts is capable of holding the intraoral tool in a substantially stationary position with the one or more inserts or tool mounting bracket in the patient's mouth; or
the shape of the one or more inserts or tool mounting brackets has the shape or cross-section of a disk, a partial disk, a cylinder, an L shape, U shape, a rectangle, a triangle, a trapezoid, a polygon, a rhomboid, a polyhedron, an oval, a crescent; of the one or more inserts or tool mounting brackets has the shape or cross-section of a disk, a partial disk, a cylinder, an L shape, U shape, a rectangle, a triangle, a trapezoid, a polygon, a rhomboid, a polyhedron, an oval, a crescent;
a surface of the one or more inserts, the tool handle or the tool mounting bracket is substantially flat, convex, concave, or has teeth, indentations, or ridges;
the one or more inserts, the tool handle, or the tool mounting bracket has a substantially flat back surface, a convex front surface, ridges, teeth, indentations, or a zip lever and an opening for locking the tool handle into the one or more inserts, the one or more inserts comprises one or more pliable materials, or the one or more pliable materials include silicone or plastic;
the one or more inserts are inflatable; or
the tool handle is at least one of: integrally coupled to the one or more inserts, non-detachably coupled to the one or more inserts, or detachably coupled to the one or more inserts.