Patent ID: 9545331
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A61C,A61F

Claim:
1. An anti-snoring and obstructive sleep apnea preventing device for a human, the human having an upper jaw and a lower jaw, the upper jaw supporting a maxillary dentition, the lower jaw supporting a mandibulary dentition, the human having a nasopharynx, a oropharynx and a hypopharynx defining an airway passage, the device comprising: an upper maxillary member defining a first general U-shape extending between a first end and a second end adapted to engage the maxillary dentition of the human; a lower mandibulary member defining a second general U-shape extending between a first end and a second end adapted to engage the mandibulary dentition of the human; a first maxillary incremental platform extending from said first end of said first general U-shape; a second maxillary incremental platform extending from said second end of said first general U-shape; a first mandibulary incremental platform extending from said first end of said second general U-shape; a second mandibulary incremental platform extending from said second end of said second generally U-shape; a first plurality of incremental mechanisms coupled to said first maxillary incremental platform; a second plurality of incremental mechanisms coupled to said second maxillary incremental platform; a third plurality of incremental mechanisms coupled to said first mandibulary incremental platform; a fourth plurality of incremental mechanisms coupled to said second mandibulary incremental platform; a first hinge mechanism including a first hinge between a first hinge incremental platform and a second hinge incremental platform; a second hinge mechanism including a second hinge between a third hinge incremental platform and a fourth hinge incremental platform; a fifth plurality of incremental mechanisms coupled to said first hinge incremental platform; a sixth plurality of incremental mechanisms coupled to said second hinge incremental platform; a seventh plurality of incremental mechanisms coupled to said third hinge incremental platform; an eighth plurality of incremental mechanisms coupled to said fourth hinge incremental platform; said first plurality of incremental mechanisms engaging with said fifth plurality of incremental mechanisms for defining a first multiple stepwise snap on and snap off couple of said first end of said upper maxillary member with said first hinge mechanism; said second plurality of incremental mechanisms engaging with said sixth plurality of incremental mechanisms for defining a second multiple stepwise snap on and snap off couple of said second end of said upper maxillary member with said second hinge mechanism; said third plurality of incremental mechanisms engaging with said seventh plurality of incremental mechanisms for defining a third multiple stepwise snap on and snap off couple of said first end of said lower mandibulary member with said first hinge mechanism; said fourth plurality of incremental mechanisms engaging with said eighth plurality of incremental mechanisms for defining a fourth multiple stepwise snap on and snap off couple of said second end of said lower mandibulary member with said second hinge mechanism; said first hinge pivoting said first end of said upper maxillary member with said first end of said lower mandibulary member; said second hinge pivoting said second end of said upper maxillary member with said second end of said lower mandibulary member; said first hinge and said second hinge allowing movement of the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw; and said first multiple stepwise snap on and snap off couple, said second multiple stepwise snap on and snap off couple, said third multiple stepwise snap on and snap off couple and said fourth multiple stepwise snap on and snap off couple defining a griping mechanism with an incremental adjustment for positioning said upper maxillary member relative to said lower mandibulary member between a neutral position and a maximum position and retaining a forward position of the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw for keeping the airway passage in the nasopharynx, the oropharynx and the hypopharynx substantially free of occlusions.