US 11,806,273 B2
Maxillary and mandibular devices that increase the smallest concentric airway cross-sectional area of a user for improvements during physical activities
Raghavendra Vitthalrao Ghuge, Tyler, TX (US)
Assigned to SLEEP SOLUTIONS OF TEXAS, LLC, Tyler, TX (US)
Filed by Raghavendra Vitthalrao Ghuge, Tyler, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/366,649.
Prior Publication US 2023/0000664 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 5/56 (2006.01); A63B 71/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/566 (2013.01) [A63B 71/085 (2013.01); A61F 2005/563 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of lowering heart rate during physical activity, the method comprising:
identifying a person having a smallest concentric airway cross-sectional area in need of being increased while awake;
providing the person with a mandibular repositioning device fitted for their respective mandible and maxilla comprising:
a maxillary piece comprising a backmost teeth mold and a tooth covering having a driver flange protruding laterally outward on a right side proximate the backmost teeth mold and/or on a left side proximate the backmost teeth mold, each driver flange having an anterior side with a convex curvature;
a mandibular piece comprising a tooth covering having a protrusive flange extending cranially therefrom positioned to have a posterior side engaged with the anterior side of each driver flange, the posterior side of each protrusive flange has a concave-to-convex curvature a base of the protrusive flange toward a most cranial point of the protrusive flange and a convex portion of the concave-to convex curvature engages the convex curvature of the driver flange in a rest position;
wherein downward movement of the mandibular piece moves the convex portion of the posterior side of the protrusive flange along the convex curvature of the driver flange, thereby moving a user's mandible forward;
wherein, during physical activity, the mandibular repositioning device increases a size of the person's smallest concentric airway cross-sectional area, thereby lowering said person's heart rate, wherein the mandibular piece has a plateau of a preselected height between the base of the protrusive flange and the tooth covering; wherein the preselected height of the plateau prevents disconnect between each protrusive flange and a respective driver flange relative to a fully open mouth measurement between incisors of the user.