Patent ID: 8753113
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: A61D

Abstract:
1. An intraoral device for a rodent; said device comprising a fixed portion and a removable portion; wherein: (a) said fixed portion has a shape that is complementary to the rodent's anterior palate, and said fixed portion is held in place adjacent the posterior palate by fixed attachment to the rodent's upper cheek teeth; (b) said removable portion is magnetically held in place adjacent said fixed portion; and at least a portion of the surface of said removable portion comprises a prosthodontic material, wherein a surface of the prosthodontic material contacts the rodent's intraoral tissue; (c) said fixed portion comprises a permanent ferromagnet or a ferromagnetic material; and said removable portion comprises a permanent ferromagnet or a ferromagnetic material; wherein at least one of said fixed portion and said removable portion comprises a permanent ferromagnet; wherein said fixed and removable portions will magnetically attract one another with sufficient force to hold said removable portion in place, adjacent said fixed portion within the rodent's mouth, for an extended period of time without being dislodged by the normal activities of the rodent; but wherein said removable device may easily be removed from the rodent's mouth by a human when desired, by applying a mechanical force to the removable portion sufficient to overcome the magnetic force between said fixed and removable portions.