Patent ID: 11963843
Assignee: TONGUE LABORATORY LIMITED
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. A method, comprising:
providing a dental appliance, the dental appliance including:
an attachment mechanism adapted to attach the dental appliance onto molars of an upper jaw of a patient; and
a constraining mechanism linked to the attachment mechanism, the constraining mechanism including:
an arch having posterior end portions linked to the attachment mechanism and an anterior portion having an apex at an anterior end; and
an adjustment mechanism to adjust the arch, the adjustment mechanism including first and second pairs of loops positioned anterior to the posterior end portions;

attaching the dental appliance onto the molars of the upper jaw of the patient such that:
(i) the anterior portion of the arch, including the apex, is spaced apart from a palate of the patient; and
(ii) at the end of an adjustment the arch is in a predetermined position angled towards an occlusal plane of the patient as the arch extends away from the attachment mechanism and to the apex; and
(iii) while the dental appliance is attached to the molars of the upper jaw of the patient the apex is incapable of contacting any tooth of the patient; and

maintaining the dental appliance attached to the molars of the upper jaw of the patient for at least three months such that a tongue of the patient is blocked from pressing against the palate for at least three months.