Patent ID: 7823590

Claim:
A self contained CPAP device to be used by a human patient and for use with a source of positive pressure, comprising: a) an inflatable mouthpiece shaped and sized to be inserted into a mouth of a human patient; the inflatable mouthpiece including a non-inflatable tongue support member, the tongue support member having a surface that is positionable beneath a tongue of the human patient in use, the surface spaced apart from a body of the inflatable mouthpiece, b) a breathing tube connecting between an outside environment and an interior of said mouth in use, said breathing tube passing through said inflatable mouthpiece, and c) an inflatable positioning aid of said inflatable mouthpiece in communication with a gas exchange port allowing said inflatable mouthpiece to be inflatable to adjust said inflatable mouthpiece within said mouth of said human patient at a time when an external source of positive pressure is connected to the gas exchange port, whereas when the external source of positive pressure is disconnected from the gas exchange port gas does not flow to the inflatable positioning aid of the inflatable mouthpiece through the gas exchange port.