Patent ID: 7757693

Claim:
A two-part mandibular protrusion splint ( 1 ) for preventing at least one of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, the two-part mandibular protrusion splint ( 1 ) comprising: a lower part ( 2 ) comprising a shaping and flexurally rigid mandibular tray ( 2 a ) which is open towards a mandibula; and an upper part ( 3 ) comprising a shaping and flexurally rigid maxillar tray ( 3 a ) which is open towards a maxilla; wherein an outside of a bottom surface of the mandibular tray ( 2 a ) has a screw guide ( 8 ), having a thread running parallel to the bottom surface, in the center thereof, and an outside of a bottom surface of the maxillar tray ( 3 a ) has, in a center thereof, a guide rail ( 7 ) which is open towards a front for accommodation of the screw head of an adjustment screw ( 10 ) located in the thread, the screw head ( 10 a ) is surrounded by the guide rail which has a length that facilitates lateral movement of the mandibular without a connection between the screw head and the guide rail becoming loosened, enabling the rigid mandibular and maxillar two trays ( 2 a , 3 a ) to be connected to one another in such a way that the rigid mandibular and maxillar two trays ( 2 a , 3 a ) are continuously adjustable relative to one another in a longitudinal direction.