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

Claim 0:
1. An intraoral tool for prolonged stretch of a skin and musculature, comprising:
one or more inserts comprising at least one flat surface to ensure stability within a mouth of a patient used for a delivery of a prolonged stretch of the skin, the musculature, or both, to treat a patient's facial injury or disorder, wherein a treatment with the one or more inserts is prolonged stretch of the skin, the musculature, or both, wherein the one or more inserts provide for multiple planes of stretch; and
a tool handle or a tool mounting bracket coupled to the one or more inserts, wherein the tool handle is used to manipulate the one or more inserts in a patient's mouth, wherein the inserts are selected from at least one of:
a disk, a partial disk, a cylinder, an L shape, a rectangle, a triangle, a trapezoid, a polygon, a rhomboid, a polyhedron, an oval, or a crescent that is convex or concave, and the one or more inserts are solid, inflatable, or pliable.