Adjustable oral cavity orthopedic appliance

Abstract

The invention relates to an adjustable nonnasality appliance, comprising a movable rod (1), a sleeve (2), an adjusting nut (3) and an adjusting screw (4); the sleeve movably passes through the axial perforation (11) of the movable rod (1); furthermore, mutual position limit of the sleeve (2) and the axial perforation (11) is carried out by the external convex shoulder (21) at the internal end of the sleeve (2) and the internal shoulder blade (111) at the end of the perforation (11); the adjusting nut (3) is fixed at the external end of the sleeve (2); the adjusting screw (4) is inserted into the sleeve (2) and connected with the adjusting nut by screw thread; the external end of the movable rod (1) is provided with a first connecting head (12); the external end of the adjusting screw (4) is provided with a second connecting head (41). When in use, the connecting heads of the movable rod and the adjusting screw are respectively fixed with tooth sockets which are sheathed on the upper teeth and the lower teeth; the appliance of the invention supports the upper teeth and the lower teeth, ensures the nonnasality to have a certain opening angle, adjusts the length of the adjusting screw extending into the sleeve by adjusting the relative rotation of the adjusting screw and the sleeve, and realizes the adjustment on the minimum opening angle of the patient.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a medical device for preventing and treating snoring during sleep, in particular to an adjustable oral appliance. Background technique [0002] Some people breathe unevenly when they sleep at night, and often make deep and shallow snoring sounds, and some even stop breathing temporarily. The main reason for snoring is that the nasopharynx is not smooth, or the central nervous system has problems. In some obese men and the elderly. According to research, snoring is more harmful and can cause dysfunction and diseases of multiple systems in the body, such as pulmonary or pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary heart disease, high blood pressure, aggravated myocardial blood supply insufficiency, and even arrhythmia in severe cases. cause sudden death. At present, surgery and drug therapy are generally used. Surgery is painful and expensive, while drug therapy has a long course of treatment and slow effect. [0003] In response to the ...

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[0008] The devices involved in the aforementioned patents all have the problem that the minimum angle of mouth opening cannot be adjusted. According to the mouth shape of different patients, the degree of snoring, and the progress of treatment, there are certain requirements for the minimum angle of mouth opening. The actual situation is set, and the above-mentioned various instruments only have a fixed mouth opening angle, so the applicability is not strong, and they cannot be well adapted to the different treatment processes, so the treatment effect for snoring is poor

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