Patent ID: 9585785
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. An occlusal splint arrangement for sleep apnea therapy, the occlusal splint arrangement comprising: a maxillary miniplast splint arrangeable on a maxillary row of teeth; and a mandibular miniplast splint arrangeable on a mandibular row of teeth, wherein the maxillary miniplast splint can be brought to bear against the mandibular miniplast splint, and wherein the miniplast splints include even contact surfaces that substantially oppose each other in an occlusal plane having at least one maxillary positioning guide and at least one mandibular positioning guide, wherein the relative position of the miniplast splints toward each other is definable in a longitudinal direction and/or in a transverse direction by a form fit between the maxillary and the mandibular positioning guides, and wherein each miniplast splint includes one positioning guide arranged on one side in a molar area and another positioning guide on another side in the molar area, and wherein the maxillary and/or mandibular miniplast splint includes at least one centering pin, wherein at least two different positioning guides on the same miniplast splint are alternatively securable to the centering pin of the same miniplast splint, whereby at least two different relative positions are definable between the miniplast splints, and wherein the alternatively securable positioning guides are exchangeable, each exchangeable positioning guide having a centering recess that is complementary to the centering pin for mounting to the miniplast splint, and each exchangeable positioning guide being attachable by placing the centering recess on the centering pin, and the centering pin simultaneously allowing a centering of the exchangeable positioning guide and an attachment of the exchangeable positioning guide, and the exchangeable positioning guide being formed in the shape of a fin, a bottom side of the fin coming to bear on the contact surface of the associated miniplast splint and a portion of a lateral flank of the fin forming the guiding surface and a portion of a front edge of the fin forming the positioning surface, wherein the centering pin is anchored by being cast into the miniplast splint and protrudes beyond the contact surface.