1112results about "Snoring prevention" patented technology

The present application provides a snoring treatment device, including a vibration part, the vibration part is provided with an opening for the inflow of exhaled airflow, an inner cavity connected to the opening, and an exhaust port connected to the inner cavity, and the vibration part is adapted to generate a vibration sound wave with a frequency range of 20 to 200 Hz under the action of the exhaled airflow after the inflow of the exhaled airflow. The snoring treatment device provided by the present application can accurately exercise the upper respiratory tract muscles, making the upper respiratory tract muscles strong, thereby achieving the purpose of treating snoring.

A wireless implantable neuromuscular stimulator includes an antenna for producing an induced current in response to being disposed in an electromagnetic field. The antenna includes a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface. An upper coil including a plurality of coil turns is disposed on the upper surface of the substrate. A lower coil including a plurality of coil turns is disposed on the lower surface of the substrate. The upper and lower coils are electrically connected to each other in parallel. The parallel connection can be facilitated by a plurality of connectors that extend through the substrate and electrically connect the upper coil to the lower coil. In one example configuration, connectors connect each coil turn of the upper coil to a corresponding turn of the lower coil.

Methods and devices for treating nasal airways are provided. Such devices and methods may improve airflow through an internal and / or external nasal valve, and comprise the use of mechanical re-shaping, energy application and other treatments to modify the shape, structure, and / or air flow characteristics of an internal nasal valve, an external nasal valve or other nasal airways.

At least some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for managing sleep disordered breathing (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea) for a patient. A first implantable electrode delivers a first stimulation signal proximate to a first nerve of the patient to stimulate the first nerve and activate at least one first muscle for an upper airway dilation of the person. A second implantable electrode delivers a second stimulation signal proximate to a second nerve to stimulate the second nerve and activate at least one second muscle for a caudal tracheal traction for an upper airway of the person. A stimulation signal generator generates the first and second stimulation signals and coordinates the delivery of the first stimulation signal with the delivery of the second stimulation signal.

The invention provides an intelligent pillow and a control method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of intelligent home furnishing.The intelligent pillow comprises a pillow body, the pillow body is provided with a snore stopping air bag, a pressure sensor array, a microphone line array and a control box, the snore stopping air bag is connected with an air pump through an air pipe, and the control box is in signal connection with the air pump; the pressure sensor array is in signal connection with the control box, and the pressure sensor array is used for collecting head pressure signals of a user and transmitting the head pressure signals to the control box; the microphone line array is in signal connection with the control box, and the microphone line array is used for collecting sound signals of a user and transmitting the sound signals to the control box so as to judge the snoring state of the user; the snore stopping air bag corresponding to the head position of the user is adjusted to change the external form of the pillow body, so that the head position of the user is changed. The snore problem of the user can be effectively relieved, and the sleep quality of the user is improved.

Disclosed is an anti-snoring pillow, including a pillow bottom plate, a sleeping posture sensor is fixedly connected to a lower surface of the pillow bottom plate, and a sleeping posture airbag and a main control box are fixedly connected to an upper surface of the pillow bottom plate, wherein a head position sensor is fixedly connected to an upper surface of the sleeping posture airbag, an anti-snoring airbag is fixedly connected to an upper surface of the head position sensor, and the main control box is in communication connection with an air pump box, the air pump box is connected to the sleeping posture airbag and the anti-snoring airbag through pipelines, and wherein the sleeping posture sensor and the head position sensor are in communication connection with the main control box, and a pillow supporting cotton is provided on the upper surface of the pillow bottom plate.

The invention discloses an intelligent oral snore-ceasing equipment system based on multi-parameter monitoring, and relates to the technical field of intelligent oral snore ceasing. According to the system, physiological data and structural data of a user are collected through a data collection module, and a physiological and structural data set is constructed; the AI dynamic evaluation model module trains an initial model by using a convolutional neural network, continuously optimizes the model and dynamically predicts the snoring symptom risk of an individual by analyzing physiological and structural data; the physiological monitoring module monitors the physiological status of a user in real time, calculates a physiological stability index PSI, judges whether sleep is abnormal or not by combining with a threshold Q1, and adopts an intervention strategy if the sleep is abnormal; the airway disturbance monitoring module judges abnormal breathing by calculating a breathing disturbance coefficient HXY and combining with a threshold Q2, the sleeping posture monitoring module calculates a sleeping posture airway compression coefficient PSRF and combining with a threshold Q3 to judge whether the sleeping posture is reasonable, and if not, a strategy is provided; according to the system, personalized and precise snore stopping intervention can be realized.

A facemask and accessories which overcomes the adverse effects and limitations of current designs by moving the maxilla and mandible in forward direction, which assists in correcting maxillary and mandibular skeletal and dentoalveolar deficiency and help expand the upper airway by advancing the mandible. This is accomplished by a design that is supported only by forehead and produces forces in front of maxilla and mandible. The extra-oral facebow design is characterized by providing two independent force adjustments, one above the forehead and the other one in front of the face by attachments to the upper and lower jaw bones and teeth. In particular, the two independent adjustments are provided by a fully adjustable forehead pad and bilateral adjustable bows on opposite sides of the facebow's extra-oral frame to provide protracting forces.

The present invention is related to a dental device (1) intended to cover at least part of a teeth (2) and / or at least part of gums (3) or other surfaces of a mouth for repositioning or retaining said teeth (2) and optionally said gums (3) or other surfaces of the mouth, said dental device (1) comprising a channel (7) provided in a main body (31; 40, 42) of the dental device (1) and having at least one opening (4, 5) to the exterior. The present invention is also related to a method of manufacturing said dental device (1) by additive manufacturing and to methods for circulating a substance and / or saliva and oxygen through the dental device (1) in view of releasing said substance and / or saliva and oxygen inside the mouth.

A dental appliance apparatus is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the dental appliance may include a body removably attachable to one or more teeth selected from premolars and molars, and a flange extending forth from lingual portions of the body to contact a tongue at one or more locations proximate the premolars and the molars in order to cause a contraction of the genioglossus that positions the tongue anteriorly and downward toward the mandible by stimulation of the hypoglossal nerve. The dental appliance may include a connector connected to the body. The connector may define an anterior flange to stimulate the hypoglossal nerve proximate a tip of the tongue in order to cause contraction of the genioglossus to position the tongue anteriorly and downward toward the mandible.

The present application provides a snoring treatment device, comprising a vibration part, the vibration part is provided with an opening for the inflow of exhaled airflow, an inner cavity connected to the opening, and an exhaust port connected to the inner cavity, and the vibration part is adapted to generate a vibration sound wave with a frequency range of 20 to 200 Hz under the action of the exhaled airflow after the inflow of the exhaled airflow. The snoring treatment device provided by the present application can accurately exercise the upper respiratory tract muscles, making the upper respiratory tract muscles strong, thereby achieving the purpose of treating snoring.

The invention relates to a snore intervention method, a snore intervention device, electronic equipment and a storage medium, relates to the technical field of snore prevention appliance control, and is used for solving the problems that snore event recognition is inaccurate and overstimulation is prone to happening in the related art, and the snore intervention method comprises the steps that a sound signal generated in the sleep process of a target object is monitored, electromyographic signals of the target object are monitored, and features of the electromyographic signals are extracted; in response to determining that the decibel value corresponding to the sound signal is greater than or equal to the decibel threshold value and the characteristic value corresponding to the electromyographic signal is greater than or equal to the characteristic threshold value, determining that a snoring event occurs; and generating an electrical stimulation signal matched with the sound signal and the electromyographic signal, and intervening the snoring event based on the electrical stimulation signal to eliminate the snoring event. According to the snoring intervention method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the recognition accuracy of the snoring event can be improved, the occurrence of mistaken stimulation is reduced, and side effects caused by excessive electrical stimulation can be avoided.

A mandibular repositioning apparatus may include anchoring devices shaped for positioning in an intraoral cavity of a patient. Each of the anchoring devices may be configured to be positioned in a respective bone of a respective jaw of the patients. The mandibular repositioning apparatus may include one or more connecting structures configured to displace a lower jaw in an anterior-posterior direction relative to an upper jaw. The one or more connecting structures and the anchoring devices may be configured to be arranged to produce an anterior-posterior force component to move the lower jaw that is greater than a vertical force component.

A controller is configured to receive one or more streams of data, each stream of data representing a sensed phenomenon in the environment of a bed on which a first user is sleeping and a second user is sleeping. The controller is further configured to determine that the first user is experiencing restless sleep. The controller is further configured to determine that the second user is snoring. The controller is further configured to issue a snore-control command to a controllable home automation device such that the controllable home automation device alters a feature of the second user's sleeping environment in a way that is likely to reduce the second user's snoring. The controller is further configured to determine again that that the second user is still snoring and issue a second snore-control command.

An intraoral device wearable by a patient may include an intraoral device body, a first advancement structure configured to be coupled to a first jaw of the patient. and a second advancement structure configured to be coupled to a second jaw of the patient. The device may also include an intraoral actuator coupled to the first advancement structure to displace a lower jaw of the patient from a first position to a second position. The first position may be a habitual jaw position and the second position may be a modified jaw position. Displacing the lower jaw of the patient may include moving the lower jaw from the habitual jaw position to the modified jaw position based at least in part on data from at least one sensor.

Mandibular repositioning devices have a maxillary piece with a right side backmost teeth mold and / or left side backmost teeth mold and a driver flange having an anterior side with a convex curvature protruding from one or both thereof. The devices have a mandibular piece with a protrusive flange extending cranially therefrom positioned to have a posterior side engaged with the anterior side of each driver flange and with a plateau of a preselected height between the base of the protrusive flange and the tooth covering. The posterior side of each protrusive flange has a concave-to-convex curvature from 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. The plateau prevents disconnect between each protrusive flange and a respective driver flange.

A strut assembly for an oral appliance for the treatment of sleep apnea in a user includes a unitary body formed from a polymeric material. The unitary body includes an anterior end and a posterior end. A posterior projection is connected to the posterior end and an anterior projection is connected the anterior end. The unitary body, the posterior ball and the anterior protrusion integrally and monolithically formed.

A provisional oral appliance for the temporary treatment of sleep apnea includes a pair of trays for receiving the user's upper and lower teeth, and a pair of adjustable, fixed-length strut assemblies pivotably connected to the upper tray and lower tray. An adjustable jig for positioning the upper and lower teeth of the user relative to one another may be used in making the oral appliance.

According to the novel mandibular protraction appliance and the digitization-based manufacturing method thereof, a vestibular shield is arranged on the lip side of the lower anterior teeth of the mandibular protraction appliance, and the appliance can effectively seal the oral cavity and improve the dry mouth symptom possibly occurring when a traditional mandibular protraction appliance is worn; the common mouth breathing problem of patients with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is solved, and the limitation of lip inclination of lower anterior teeth caused by a traditional mandibular advancement appliance is reduced more remarkably.

A photocurable composition comprising a di(meth)acrylic monomer (A) having two (meth)acryloyloxy groups and two urethane bonds, an acrylic monomer (B) having one acryloyl group, and a photopolymerization initiator; a cured product of the photocurable composition; and a dental product comprising the cured product.

The invention discloses a multi-region pressure monitoring and feedback method for a sleep monitoring mattress, which comprises the following steps: step 1, arranging a monitoring feedback system to collect pressure data and biological characteristic signals, step 2, dynamically planning a human body contact region during sleep, step 3, identifying a sleep stage and an abnormal sleep event, and step 4, determining the sleep stage and the abnormal sleep event. 4, dynamic feedback is output based on cooperation of multiple actuators; by means of dynamic area reconstruction and high-density sensor layout, millisecond-level pressure changes of key parts of a human body can be captured, the detection precision is greatly improved, active intervention of user health is achieved through multi-actuator collaborative dynamic adjustment, meanwhile, the method is combined with user body shape parameters, sleep monitoring of the whole crowd can be covered, and the method is suitable for being popularized and applied. The applicability of the mattress is effectively improved.

Mandibular repositioning devices providing downward movement as well as forward movement of the mandible have a maxillary tooth covering having a driver flange protruding laterally outward on one or both sides thereof and have a mandibular 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 anterior side of each driver flange has a convex curvature. The posterior side of each protrusive flange has a concave-to-convex curvature positioned to move the convex portion thereof along the convex curvature of the driver flange when the mouth opens, which also moves the mandible forward. A plateau of a preselected height, which prevents disconnect between each protrusive flange and its respective driver flange relative to a fully open mouth measurement, is present between the base of the protrusive flange and the tooth covering.

The invention discloses an intelligent bed control method and system and an intelligent bed. The method comprises the steps that N groups of breathing sound signals sent by an object are collected according to a preset time interval through sound signal collection equipment, and the object is on an intelligent bed; detecting whether a snore signal exists in the N groups of breathing sound signals or not through snore detection equipment; when it is detected that in the N groups of breathing sound signals, the group number of the breathing sound signals with snore signals is larger than M, the intelligent bed is controlled to execute the snore stopping action, and M is an integer smaller than or equal to N. The technical problems that an intelligent bed in the related technology does not have a snore stopping function, the user experience feeling is poor, and the sleep quality of a user is not improved are solved.

A bite guard configured to conform to teeth of a patient, and an array of sensor assemblies encapsulated in the bite guard, where the array of sensor assemblies is distributed throughout the bite guard, and where each sensor assembly includes a piezo pressure sensor.

Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for controlled delivery of a therapy, such as a stimulant, to a mouth of a subject via an oral device positioned in a secured configuration in the mouth. At least one of a tongue position stimulator (TST) and tongue position sensor (TSE) is provided, according to certain aspects. According to another aspect, a stimulus is delivered to the mouth and / or tongue via a mouthpiece secured to the subject's teeth. In another regard, a stimulus is delivered that generates a natural response to eliminate or reduce sleep disorders, such as for example at least one of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical instruments, in particular to a spliced adjustable snore-ceasing corrector which comprises a snore-ceasing corrector body, and the snore-ceasing corrector body comprises an upper tooth socket and a lower tooth socket; thrust parts and limiting teeth capable of being inserted into the thrust parts are symmetrically arranged on the outer side faces of the two sides of the rear end of the upper tooth socket. Shark fin teeth are symmetrically arranged in the middles of the two side surfaces of the outer side of the lower tooth socket; the rear side walls of the shark fin teeth abut against the front ends of the limiting teeth. The shark fin teeth have clamping force and can clamp the two side faces of the upper tooth socket. And a pushing pin is spliced between the limiting teeth and the thrust part so as to adjust the initial positions of the upper tooth socket and the lower tooth socket. The initial wearing positions of the upper tooth socket and the lower tooth socket can be adjusted through the building-block-like splicing pushing pin, the device can adapt to different crowds, the number of adjustable stages is large, and the correction amplitude can be changed.

Mandibular repositioning devices have a mandibular piece having a first teeth covering and having a housing proximate each of a left molar portion and a right molar portion, a protrusive flange extending cranially from each housing, and a maxillary piece having a second teeth covering and having a housing proximate each of a left molar portion and a right molar portion. Each housing encloses a power source electrically connected an on-board circuit board and the housings of the maxillary piece further have the power source electrically connected to a motor operatively connected to a drive for anterior and posterior movements of the mandibular piece. The maxillary piece sits on the mandibular piece with the driver operatively engaged with the protrusive flange. The protrusive flange has a concavely-shaped anterior surface mated to a convexly-shaped head of the driver shaped to match the concavely-shaped anterior surface of the protrusive flange.

The invention provides a snore stopping method and device, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining an original vibration signal of the neck of a user, and carrying out the preprocessing of the original vibration signal, and obtaining a target vibration signal; analyzing the breathing state of the user according to the target vibration signal to obtain a breathing state analysis result; judging whether intervention conditions are met or not according to the respiration state analysis result; when the intervention condition is met, the breathing state of the user is intervened according to the breathing state analysis result and a preset self-adaptive intervention rule. The breathing behavior related to the snoring behavior is detected based on the vibration signal, flexible intervention on the breathing state of the user is achieved in combination with the detection result and the self-adaptive intervention rule, sound collection is not needed, interference of snore of other users can be avoided, user privacy is not involved, meanwhile, smooth intervention experience can be provided for the user, and the user experience is improved. Therefore, the method can be widely applied to the technical field of smart home.

A method of reducing or treating snoring, sleep apnea and other forms of sleep disordered breathing, comprising having a patient in need thereof sleep in contact with or in the proximity of an article containing copper. A fabric having anti-snoring, sleep apnea and other forms of sleep disordered breathing properties, the fabric comprising a copper.

This device is a mechanical therapeutic intervention to support the customer's head at rest, thereby preventing airway obstruction. This treats the disease process of OSA, a major cause of morbidity and mortality in our world. The technical components of this device include the importance of structural stability in maintaining the position once in place, mobility of the head, no impingement and compromise to the vital structures of the anterior neck, as well as structural strength when the weight of the head is applied. The concept, and overall design structure to avoid at-risk anatomic structures and promote wearability, is unique in design.