Joshua Makower,Earl A. Bright, II,Eric Goldfarb,William Facteau,Ravinder D. Pamnani,Joseph Catanese, III,Theodore Bender,Imraan Aziz,Kyle Lamson,Michael Strasser,Jason Hegener
申请号：
US14044679
公开号：
US09492310B2
申请日:
2013.10.02
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
A device for receipt in a users mouth includes a tongue engagement element having a front region, a rear region, and side regions that define an opening for receiving a users tongue, means for retaining the users tongue in a forward position, and means for changing the size of the opening. The tongue engagement element is shaped such that when placed in a users mouth, the rear region extends over the users tongue and the front region extends under the users tongue. A method of securing a tongue engagement element in a users mouth includes moving an expanded tongue engagement element under a front region of a tongue and over a rear region of the tongue, and allowing the tongue engagement element to return toward a non-expanded state. The tongue engagement element acts to resist rearward motion of the tongue.
