PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sleep apnea syndrome countermeasure kit, etc. hardly removable unconsciously while a large therapeutic effect can be expected.SOLUTION: A pad 3 abutting on the right and left rear edge 7 of a mandible bone 5 is stuck to the skin with a tape 15. A pressing protrusion 9 formed at the rear end of the pad 3 abuts on a pillow 13 to cause pressure to the mandible bone 5 toward the front of the face. Drooping of a tongue and the soft palate into the respiratory tract, which is the cause of a sleep apnea syndrome, occurs from the front to the rear of the face in a state of lying face up. There is therefore no deviation in a pressing direction that prevents drooping. The large therapeutic effect can thereby be expected. The kit can be put on from the rear of the face without being put on from the front of the face and is hardly removed unconsciously by a patient during sleep.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】大きな治療効果を期待でき、無意識に外すことの少ない睡眠時無呼吸症候群対策装具などを提供する。【解決手段】下顎骨5の左右後縁7に接するパッド3をテープ15で皮膚に貼付ける。パッド3の後端に形成される押圧凸部9が枕13に接して、下顎骨5に顔前方への押圧する。睡眠時無呼吸症候群の原因となる舌根部や軟口蓋が気道内へのたれ下がりは、仰向けに寝た状態で、顔前から顔後へ生じる。よって、たれ下がりを防止する押圧方向にずれがない。従って、より大きな治療効果を期待できる。また、顔前より装着せず、顔後から装着でき、患者は寝ている間に無意識に装具などを外してしまうことが少ない。【選択図】図1
