AirWay Technologies, LLC Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150045926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A CUSTOM MEDICAL MASK FROM A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC MODEL - According to one embodiment, a custom medical mask formed for a particular user from a three-dimensional electronic model includes a body formed from a polymerized photopolymer material. An interior surface of the body is configured to seat on the particular user's face and comprises a physical embodiment of a three-dimensional electronic model corresponding to unique facial features of the particular user. According to another embodiment, a method of creating a three-dimensional electronic model for use in forming a custom medical mask for a particular user includes scanning a portion of the particular user's face using an electronic scanning device, generating a three-dimensional electronic model of the portion of the particular user's face based on the scanning, and transmitting the three-dimensional electronic model of the portion of the particular user's face for use in forming the custom medical mask for the particular user from a photopolymer using a stereolithography apparatus. | 02-12-2015 |
20120298110 | System and Method for Forming a Custom Medical Mask Using an Orientation Device - According to one embodiment, forming a custom medical mask includes, while an oral appliance is positioned in a user's mouth to receive the user's teeth and is coupled to an orientation device, applying an impression material over the device and the user's face, such that the impression material conforms to the device and to the user's unique facial features. The impression material may be removed together with the device and a cast may be created using the impression material together with the device as a mold, such that the cast conforms to the impression material and the device. A deformable material may be applied to the cast to form a custom medical mask for the user, such that the deformable material conforms to the cast. The custom medical mask is custom-fitted to the user's unique facial features and custom-oriented to the user's teeth. | 11-29-2012 |
20120255563 | UNIVERSAL ORAL APPLIANCE WITH A UNIVERSAL COUPLER - According to one embodiment, a universal oral appliance is provided. The universal oral appliance comprises an arched frame configured to be positioned proximate to the occlusal surface of a user's dental arch such that the arched frame extends beyond the cuspids of the user's dental arch when the arched frame is inserted in the user's mouth. The arched frame comprises a universal coupler configured to removably engage a dental attachment. The universal coupler comprises a substantially planar surface proximate to and extending across the midline of the arched frame. The universal coupler further comprises a first rail coupled to a first end of the substantially planar surface, and a second rail coupled to a second end of the substantially planar surface. The first rail, second rail, and substantially planar surface form a slot. | 10-11-2012 |
20120255560 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTION OF SNORING AND IMPROVED BREATHING - According to one embodiment, a dental device is provided. The dental device comprises an arch configured to engage at least some of the teeth of a user's dental arch and having a midline that aligns substantially with the anterior midline of the user's mouth when the arch is inserted in the user' s mouth. The dental device further comprises a dental attachment that comprises an anchoring element configured to be outside the user's mouth when the arch is inserted in the user's mouth. The dental device further comprises a second arch and a second anchoring element coupled to the second arch along the midline of the second arch. The dental device further comprises a tension element configured to engage the second anchoring element and to couple to the anchoring element outside the user's mouth when the second arch is inserted in the user's mouth. | 10-11-2012 |
20120255559 | CUSTOM DENTAL APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF CREATING A CUSTOM DENTAL APPLIANCE - According to one embodiment, a dental device is provided. The dental device comprises an arched frame configured to be positioned proximate to the occlusal surface of a user's dental arch such that the arched frame extends beyond the cuspids of the user's dental arch. The arched frame defines a plurality of apertures, and the arched frame comprises an adjustment mechanism. The dental device further comprises a moldable tray coupled to the arched frame. The moldable tray engages the plurality of apertures and comprises a channel configured to engage at least some of the teeth of the user's dental arch. | 10-11-2012 |
20110132375 | System and Method for Forming a Custom-Molded Medical Mask - A custom medical mask includes a substantially rigid custom-fitted sealing ridge that has been shaped to correspond to a compressed shape of soft tissues of a user's face. The sealing ridge includes first, second, and third ridges. The first ridge corresponds to a first portion of the user's face extending from the user's nose to a first area proximate a lateral perimeter of the user's obicularis-oris muscle. The second ridge corresponds to a second portion of the user's face extending from the nose to a second area proximate a lateral perimeter of the obicularis-oris muscle. The third region corresponds to the lower extension of the obicularis-oris muscle extending from the first area to the second area. The sealing ridge is configured to form a custom-fit seal by conforming to the compressed shape of the user's soft tissues when the mask is pressed against the user's face. | 06-09-2011 |
20110091834 | Dental Measurement Apparatus and System - An apparatus for measuring mandibular position is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a first slide operable to adjustably couple to a second slide, such that the second slide is operable to travel in a direction substantially parallel to a long axis of the first slide, and an indicator configured to indicate a location of the second slide relative to the first slide in the direction substantially parallel to the long axis of the first slide. The apparatus further comprises an adjustment mechanism coupled to the first slide and the second slide, the adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the distance between the first slide and the second slide in a direction substantially orthogonal to the long axis of the first slide. | 04-21-2011 |
20110088701 | Custom-Molded Oral Appliance and Method of Forming - A method for forming a custom-molded oral appliance for positioning a user's jaw proximate to centric occlusion is disclosed. The method includes heating a thin sheet of material comprising a polycaprolactone polymer. The thin sheet of material is positioned within the user's mouth. The user's jaw is positioned proximate to centric occlusion. The thin sheet of material is molded around at least respective portions of the user's upper and lower dental arches such that each of the respective portions of the user's upper and lower dental arches form respective impressions on opposite sides of the thin sheet of material. The thin sheet of material is transitioned to a substantially non-deformable state. | 04-21-2011 |
20100269835 | Oral Appliance for Treating a Breathing Condition - In certain embodiments, an apparatus for treating a breathing condition includes a body, a threaded member, a hook, and a receiver. The body comprises a front stop, a rear stop, and a guide extending between the stops. The threaded member couples between the stops and rotates relative to the body. The hook couples to the guide, comprises a threaded passage and an arm that engages a lower arch, and travels in a forward direction along the guide to adjust the position of the lower arch. The receiver couples to the lower arch and comprises a shelf that engages the arm of the hook. The apparatus may include an extender coupled to the receiver and providing a shelf that is more rearward than the shelf of the receiver. The apparatus may include a post that couples the apparatus to another device. In certain embodiments, a removable receiver, which may be one of a plurality of removable receivers with different dimensions, is removably positioned within a recess in a posterior surface of a lower arch and is engaged by a connector of an upper arch to define the relative positions of the arches. | 10-28-2010 |
20100263677 | System for Coupling an Oral Appliance to a Medical Mask - In certain embodiments, an apparatus for treating a breathing condition includes an oral appliance, a mask, and a tensioning device. The oral appliance is configured to receive at least some of a wearer's teeth and a mask. The mask is configured to deliver gas to the wearer. The mask includes a chamber configured to cover the wearer's mouth. The chamber is at least partially enclosed by an interior of the mask. The tensioning device couples the mask to the oral appliance and includes a flexible tension element at least partially disposed between the oral appliance and the mask and within the chamber. The flexible tension element is configured to apply a tensile force between the mask and the oral appliance. | 10-21-2010 |
20100263676 | Oral Appliance for Treating a Breathing Condition - An apparatus for use in treating a breathing condition includes a first dental arch, a second dental arch, two bodies coupled to the first dental arch, and two receivers coupled to the second dental arch. The first dental arch is configured to receive at least some of a wearer's teeth. The second dental arch is configured to receive at least some of a wearer's teeth. Each body includes a front stop, a rear stop, a threaded member, and a hook. The threaded member is configured to be coupled between the front stop and rear stop of the body and configured to rotate relative to the body. The hook comprises a threaded passage configured to engage the threaded member, and an arm configured to engage a second dental arch. The hook is configured to travel between the front stop and rear stop of the body in response to rotational adjustment of the threaded member to adjust the lower dental arch relative to the upper dental arch. Each receiver comprises a first rail configured to engage the arm of the hook of a respective one of the two bodies. The first rail is disposed exterior to an internal area defined by a span of the second dental arch. The two receivers are entirely disposed, with respect to each other, on opposite sides of a plane bisecting left and right halves of the second dental arch. | 10-21-2010 |