Patent ID: 8591227

Claim:
A mouthpiece that is adjustable to user arch sizes in order to seal the mouth, comprising: a main body made of a clear material and having upper and lower edges, the main body containing a deformable frame, said frame holding a flexible circuit board encased within said main body, the deformable frame being configured to bend under manual force to adjust an orientation of the main body to define an arch configuration; a bite surface central to the main body between said upper and lower edges to define a space above the bite surface partly bordered by a first part of the main body and a space below the bite surface partly bordered by a second part of the main body, said bite surface extending outward from the main body; a plurality of light emitting elements and heat generating elements arranged in an array on the flexible circuit board, the heat generating elements being separate from the light emitting elements, the light emitting elements being arranged in a row which is coplanar with the bite surface, the light emitting elements and heat generating elements being encased within said clear material of said main body with light from said light emitting elements being emitted through said clear material of said main body; and a plurality of textured bands formed on a lingual side of the main body for directing light from the row of light emitting elements into both spaces above and below the bite surface.