Obstructive sleep apnea demonstration model device

• US 8,545,231 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2010
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Charles Richard Lloyd, Richard Edwin Klein
• Original Assignee: Charles Richard Lloyd, Richard Edwin Klein
• Inventors: Lloyd, Charles Richard, Klein, Richard Edwin
• Primary Examiner(s): Fernstrom, Kurt
• Assistant Examiner(s): COLLINS, DOLORES R
• Application Number:
  US12/823,109
• Publication Number:
  US 20100330546A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,195 Days
• Field of Search: 434/270
• US Class Current: 434/270
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/32 with moving parts

Abstract

The present invention is an obstructive sleep apnea demonstration model device for a user and a patient. The device includes a vertical display stand with a horizontal base, a vertical front surface and a horizontal flange, a vertical side profile base with a removed oral cavity portion attached to the display stand and disposed within the horizontal flange, a top movable side piece with an upper lip, a set of upper teeth, a hinge and a palate. The device also includes a back elongated movable side piece disposed behind the top side piece that hinges on the palate, a chin assembly side piece with a chin, a lower lip, a set of lower teeth and a tongue and an intraoral appliance that is placed between the upper teeth and the lower teeth to treat the patient with an obstructive sleep apnea condition.

Claims

1. An obstructive sleep apnea demonstration model device for a user and a patient, comprising:

a vertical display stand with a horizontal base, a vertical front surface and a horizontal flange;

a vertical side profile base with a raised surface demonstration human head with a removed oral cavity portion that is rotatably attached to said display stand and disposed within said horizontal flange;

a top movable side piece with a raised surface upper lip, a raised surface set of upper teeth and a raised surface palate disposed on said removed oral cavity portion;

a back elongated movably side piece disposed behind said top side piece that hinges on a hinge attached to said palate disposed on said removed oral cavity portion;

a chin assembly side piece with a raised surface chin, a raised surface lower lip, a raised surface set of lower teeth and a raised surface tongue that is held and slidably disposed on said oral cavity portion; and

an intraoral appliance with a raised surface that is placed between said upper teeth and said lower teeth to treat said patient with an obstructive sleep apnea condition.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said vertical front surface has a vertical pocket to hold a business card.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein said vertical pocket is transparent to allow clear viewing of said business card.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said side profile base is rotated ninety degrees to simulate said head in a supine position.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein said head simulates a patient'"'"'s head.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein said profile base is removed from said display stand for separate use.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein said profile base is mounted on a vertical surface.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein said vertical surface is a wall.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein said chin assembly is held by a plurality of light springs.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein said chin assembly is slid forward and backward along said hinge.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein said chin assembly is slid to simulate a malocclusion.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein said malocclusion is a class 3 malocclusion.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein said appliance holds said mandible forward to prevent said tongue and a plurality of throat tissues from collapsing onto a treated patient'"'"'s backside of throat with an obstructive sleep apnea condition.

14. The device according to claim 1, wherein said device is made of polyurethane resin.