Patent ID: 9687383
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. An incremental mandibular advancement 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 a airway passage, the device comprising; an upper member adapted to engage the maxillary dentition of the human; a lower member adapted to engage the mandibulary dentition of the human; a first resilient hinge and a second resilient hinge coupling said upper member and said lower member for allowing physiological movements of the lower jaw in the sagital plane; said first resilient hinge having a first incrementally adjustment member; said second resilient hinge having a second incrementally adjustment member; said first incrementally adjustment member and said second incrementally adjustment member allowing incrementally adjustments of said upper member relative to said lower member; and said incrementally adjustments defining multiple retaining forward positions of the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw and thereby keeping the airway passage in the nasopharynx, the oropharynx and the hypopharynx substantially free of occlusion.