Patent ID: 8685318
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for sanitizing an oral appliance comprising: (a) a housing movable between open and closed positions, the housing in the open position allowing insertion of the oral appliance, the housing in the closed position defining a sanitizing chamber; (b) an oral appliance suspension system that incorporates one or more openings therein and is operable to position the oral appliance to be free of contact with any of the following: the housing, at least one ultraviolet light source, and surfaces within the housing other than the oral appliance suspension; and to provide virtually uninhibited access to the oral appliance by one or more sanitization means when the apparatus is resting at any angle; (c) the at least one ultraviolet light source capable of emitting the one or more sanitization means within the sanitization chamber; and (d) at least one power source for powering the at least one ultraviolet light source.