Patent ID: 8123521

Claim:
A device for the registration of the position of a mandible that is protruding in relation to a normal position, with an impression plate that is flat on both sides and whose shape corresponds to the bite of upper and lower jaw and that comprises an inner and outer contour that is U-shaped, and that, in the area of the limbs of the U, has finger-like registration surfaces that extend from the inner contour to the outer contour and are arranged at a distance from each other, said impression plate being capable of limited elastic deformation in this area and carrying on its top side, centered in relation to the limbs of the U, bite cones for accepting upper jaw incisors, and a shaft that is of one piece with and centered on the impression plate, extending in an extension of the bite cones, said shaft serving for the manipulation and holding of an element that can be moved in the longitudinal direction relative to the shaft, is movable in a longitudinal slot, and also has bite cones on its underside for accepting the lower incisors.