Oral bite prevention device
By designing an anti-oral biting device, which combines a support, a bite protection sleeve, and an external fixing ring, the problem of tongue biting during epileptic seizures is solved. This achieves stability and adaptability, prevents the device from falling off, reduces tooth damage, and provides saliva drainage and air circulation.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-03-26
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-24
AI Technical Summary
During tonic-clonic seizures, the tongue of an epileptic patient may be squeezed between the teeth, causing biting. Existing hard pads are easily spat out and can damage the teeth.
An anti-oral bite device has been designed, consisting of a support, a bite protection sleeve, and an outer fixing ring. It is made of medical-grade silicone and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene or polycarbonate materials, and is combined with elastic cord hanging ring adjustment to ensure the stability and adaptability of the device. It includes ventilation holes and ergonomic design to prevent slipping and position teeth.
It effectively prevents the tongue from biting the teeth, avoids the device from falling off, ensures continuous oral protection, reduces damage to teeth, provides saliva drainage and air circulation, and is lightweight and inexpensive.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of medical apparatus and instruments, and particularly relates to a device for preventing oral cavity from being bitten. BACKGROUND
[0002] During the tonic-clonic seizure of epilepsy, it is often accompanied by screaming, loss of consciousness, falling, tonic contraction of the whole body muscle, and then converted into clonic convulsion, often accompanied by frothing at the mouth and mydriasis; especially when the tonic contraction of the whole body muscle occurs, the spasm of the tongue muscle can cause the tongue to arch, and the powerful closure of the mandibular muscle can cause the teeth to occlude, and the tongue can be squeezed or pushed between the teeth due to improper position, resulting in biting; therefore, in order to protect the oral cavity of the patient from being bitten when the patient is attacked, a hard pad is usually inserted into the oral cavity of the patient, but the pad is fixed by the tonic muscle contraction of the patient in the oral cavity of the patient, and during the attack of the patient, the pad can be easily spit out by the patient, losing the protection effect, and secondly, the hard pad can cause damage to the teeth under the powerful occlusion of the patient.
[0003] Therefore, we propose a device for preventing oral cavity from being bitten when the patient is attacked. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL
[0004] The utility model aims at providing a device for preventing oral cavity from being bitten to solve the above problems in the prior art.
[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
[0006] A device for preventing oral cavity from being bitten, comprising a support body, a bite protection sleeve and an outer fixing ring; the bite protection sleeve is sleeved on the outer surface of the support body, wherein the bite protection sleeve is entirely composed of medical-grade silica gel, the support body is entirely composed of one of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene or polycarbonate, and the outer fixing ring is integrally formed of polytetrafluoroethylene; specifically, the support body and the bite protection sleeve are fixed by adhesive bonding; the outer fixing ring is clamped on the front end outer edge of the support body, and one hanging ring is fixed on each side of the outer fixing ring, and one adjusting buckle is sleeved in the middle of each hanging ring; the adjusting buckle is entirely composed of rubber, and the hanging ring is composed of elastic rope; the length of the hanging ear of the hanging ring is adjusted by sliding the adjusting buckle on the hanging ring, so that the head circumference covered by the device is adjusted, and the adaptability of the device when worn is improved.
[0007] Further, the support body is mainly composed of a support bowl body and a tongue depressor, and the support bowl body and the tongue depressor are integrally formed; a plurality of air holes are formed in the support bowl body, and the design of the air holes can ensure the discharge of saliva and the circulation of air in the oral cavity of the patient when the patient is attacked.
[0008] Further, the support bowl body is designed in an elliptical concave arc shape, which can effectively improve the compression strength of the support bowl body when it is compressed by the bite, and the elliptical design can reduce the difficulty of wearing the device; in order to improve the force area of the device when the teeth of the oral cavity are bitten, the support bowl body is designed in a C-shaped arc shape from the perspective, so that the device is more ergonomic and improves the adaptability between the device and the oral cavity of the human body.
[0009] Further, the bowl of the support bowl body is integrally formed with a clamping edge for cooperating with the outer fixing ring, based on the arc surface structure design of the outer side of the support bowl body, in order to prevent slipping during biting, a bite support ring is integrally formed at the position close to the clamping edge on the outer side of the support bowl body, and the bite support ring is formed in an upwardly protruding ring shape on the outer side of the support bowl body, so that a ring-shaped step is formed between the bite support ring and the support bowl body, and the ring-shaped step can effectively prevent the teeth from slipping during biting of the patient, thereby improving the stability of the device during use.
[0010] Further, in order to effectively fit the bite protection sleeve and the support body, the bite protection sleeve comprises a covering sleeve and a tongue pressing sleeve, and the covering sleeve and the tongue pressing sleeve are integrally formed, and a plug hole for accommodating a tongue pressing frame is arranged in the middle of the tongue pressing sleeve; meanwhile, an adaptive hole is arranged in the middle of the covering sleeve corresponding to the position of the air hole.
[0011] Further, the inner side of the covering sleeve is integrally formed with an adaptive groove corresponding to the position of the bite support ring, so as to improve the stability of the adhesive composite between the covering sleeve and the support bowl body, and reduce the influence of the bite force on the connection between the covering sleeve and the support bowl body during biting of the oral cavity; the outer side of the covering sleeve is integrally formed with a front stop edge and a rear stop edge close to the bowl edge of the support bowl body, and the front stop edge and the rear stop edge form a bite groove therebetween; the bite groove is located between the bite support ring and the clamping edge, and the design of the front stop edge and the rear stop edge can deepen the depth of the bite groove, and at the same time, the teeth are positioned to prevent the teeth from leaving the bite groove, and the bite groove is arranged between the bite support ring and the clamping edge, so as to ensure that the bite force generated by the teeth during biting of the oral cavity can effectively act on the bite support ring.
[0012] Further, the middle part of the tongue pressing sleeve is integrally formed with side spreading wings on both sides, and the bottom of the tongue pressing sleeve is designed in an arc shape, so as to effectively widen the contact area between the tongue pressing sleeve and the tongue, and the arc design of the bottom of the tongue pressing sleeve can effectively improve the stability of the device during pressing.
[0013] Further, the outer fixing ring comprises a lip protection ring body, the bottom of the lip protection ring body is integrally formed with a clamping groove for cooperating with a clamping edge, and the support body is fixedly connected with the clamping edge through cooperation of the clamping edge and the clamping groove; wherein the cross section of the lip protection ring body adopts a curved arc design, and forms an arc-shaped groove structure in contact with the lips of the patient, which can effectively reduce the compression feeling of the lips.
[0014] Further, the middle part of the tongue depressor is designed in a curved arc shape upwardly arched, so that the tongue pressing rubber sleeve of the whole device presents an arc structure, which can better fit the tongue and effectively reduce the foreign body sensation.
[0015] Advantages:
[0016] The utility model discloses a whole mainly comprises support body, occlusion protection sleeve and outer fixed ring three parts, utilize support body as the support structure of oral cavity occlusion when the patient falls ill, cooperate the structural design of support body and occlusion protection sleeve, and the flexible contact between teeth and support body in the occlusion process of patient's oral cavity can effectively avoid the damage to teeth, second, cooperate the design of external fixed ring again, and hang ring and adjusting buckle can fix the device to a certain extent, avoid the problem that the device appears accidental drop in the use process, can ensure the continuity protection to oral cavity, in addition, the whole structure of the device adopts the combination of plastic and silica gel, and the texture is light, and the cost is lower, and the tongue in oral cavity is pressed down when supporting oral cavity, prevents the tongue from being bitten and being bitten by the contact of the tongue and teeth, and the design of the air hole can ensure that the saliva in the oral cavity of the patient is discharged and the air circulation. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0017] Figure 1 It is a structure schematic diagram of the utility model discloses a kind of oral cavity bite prevention device after decomposition Figure 1 ;
[0018] Figure 2 It is a structure schematic diagram of the utility model discloses a kind of oral cavity bite prevention device after decomposition Figure 2 ;
[0019] Figure 3 It is a structure schematic diagram of the utility model discloses a kind of oral cavity bite prevention device after decomposition
[0020] Figure 4 It is a structure schematic diagram of the utility model discloses a kind of oral cavity bite prevention device.
[0021] In the figure: 1, support body; 101, support bowl body; 102, clamping edge; 103, occlusal support ring; 104, air hole; 105, tongue depressor; 2, occlusal protective sleeve; 201, covering sleeve; 202, fitting groove; 203, front blocking edge; 204, rear blocking edge; 205, occlusal groove; 206, fitting hole; 207, tongue depressor rubber sleeve; 208, insertion hole; 209, lateral expansion wing; 3, outer fixing ring; 301, lip protection ring body; 302, clamping groove; 4, hanging ring; 5, adjusting buckle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the present application will be briefly introduced below in combination with the drawings and the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the following description of the structure of the drawings is only some embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to these drawings without creating any creative labor. It should be noted that the description of these embodiments is used to help understand the present application, but does not constitute a limitation on the present application.
[0023] Embodiment:
[0024] In view of the problem that the current epileptic patients are prone to bite the tongue when the whole body muscle is in tonic-clonic seizure, we propose a device for preventing oral injury, which is specifically composed of a support body 1, an occlusal protective sleeve 2 and an outer fixing ring 3, which can effectively avoid damage to the teeth, can avoid the problem of accidental falling of the device during use, can ensure continuous protection of the oral cavity, and the overall structure of the device is combined with plastic and silica gel, which is light in texture and low in cost, can effectively prevent the tongue from being bitten by contacting the teeth, and can also ensure the discharge of saliva and air circulation in the patient's oral cavity, and the specific scheme is as follows:
[0025] As shown in Figures 1-4 The present embodiment provides a device for preventing oral injury, which comprises a support body 1, an occlusal protective sleeve 2 and an outer fixing ring 3; the occlusal protective sleeve 2 is sleeved on the outer surface of the support body 1, wherein the occlusal protective sleeve 2 is composed of medical grade silica gel, the support body 1 is composed of one of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene or polycarbonate, and the outer fixing ring 3 is integrally formed by polytetrafluoroethylene; specifically, the support body 1 and the occlusal protective sleeve 2 are fixed by adhesive bonding; the outer fixing ring 3 is clamped on the front end of the support body 1, and a hanging ring 4 is fixed on the two sides of the outer fixing ring 3; each hanging ring 4 is sleeved with an adjusting buckle 5 in the middle; the adjusting buckle 5 is composed of rubber, and the hanging ring 4 is composed of elastic rope; by sliding the adjusting buckle 5 on the hanging ring 4, the length of the hanging ear of the hanging ring 4 is adjusted, so that the size of the head circumference covered by the device is adjusted, thereby improving the adaptability of the device when worn.
[0026] As Figure 3 shown, the support body 1 is mainly composed of a support bowl body 101 and a tongue depressor 105, which are integrally formed between the support bowl body 101 and the tongue depressor 105; a plurality of air holes 104 are formed on the support bowl body 101, and the design of the air holes 104 can ensure the discharge of saliva inside the oral cavity of the patient with epilepsy and the circulation of air when the patient has an attack.
[0027] As Figures 1-3 shown, the support bowl body 101 is designed in an overall elliptical concave arc shape, which can effectively improve the compression strength of the support bowl body 101 when it is subjected to occlusal compression, and the elliptical design can reduce the difficulty of wearing the device; in order to increase the stress area of the oral cavity teeth and the device when the teeth are occluded, the support bowl body 101 is designed in a C-shaped arc shape from a top view, so that the device is more ergonomic and improves the adaptability between the device and the oral cavity of the human body.
[0028] As Figure 3 shown, the bowl edge of the support bowl body 101 is integrally formed with a ring-shaped clamping edge 102 for cooperation with the outer fixing ring 3, based on the arc surface structure design on the outer side of the support bowl body 101, in order to prevent slipping during occlusion, a bite support ring 103 is integrally formed on the outer side of the support bowl body 101 near the clamping edge 102, and the bite support ring 103 forms an upwardly protruding ring on the outer side of the support bowl body 101, so that a ring-shaped step is formed between the bite support ring 103 and the support bowl body 101, and during the occlusion of the patient, the ring-shaped step can effectively prevent the teeth from slipping, thereby improving the stability of the device during use.
[0029] As Figure 3 shown, in order to effectively fit the bite protection sleeve 2 with the support body 1, the bite protection sleeve 2 includes a covering sleeve 201 and a tongue depressor rubber sleeve 207, and the covering sleeve 201 and the tongue depressor rubber sleeve 207 are integrally formed, and the tongue depressor rubber sleeve 207 is provided with a plug hole 208 for accommodating the tongue depressor 105 in the middle; meanwhile, the covering sleeve 201 is provided with an adaptive hole 206 in the middle corresponding to the position of the air hole 104.
[0030] As Figure 3As shown, the inner side of the cover sleeve 201 is integrally formed with an adaptive groove 202 corresponding to the position of the occlusal support ring 103, so as to improve the stability of the adhesive composite between the cover sleeve 201 and the support bowl body 101, and reduce the influence of the occlusal force generated when the mouth is occluded on the connection between the cover sleeve 201 and the support bowl body 101. The outer side of the cover sleeve 201 is integrally formed with a front stop edge 203 and a rear stop edge 204 near the bowl edge position of the support bowl body 101, and the occlusal groove 205 is formed between the front stop edge 203 and the rear stop edge 204. The design of the front stop edge 203 and the rear stop edge 204 can deepen the depth of the occlusal groove 205, and at the same time, the teeth are positioned to prevent the teeth from leaving the occlusal groove 205. Moreover, the occlusal groove 205 is arranged between the occlusal support ring 103 and the clamping edge 102, so as to ensure that the occlusal force generated by the teeth when the mouth is occluded can effectively act on the occlusal support ring 103.
[0031] As shown in the drawings, Figure 3 The middle part of the tongue pressing sleeve 207 is integrally formed with side spreading wings 209 on both sides, and the bottom of the tongue pressing sleeve 207 is designed in an arc shape. The design of the side spreading wings 209 integrally formed on both sides of the tongue pressing sleeve 207 can effectively widen the contact area between the tongue pressing sleeve 207 and the tongue, and the arc design of the bottom of the tongue pressing sleeve 207 can effectively improve the stability of the device during the tongue pressing process.
[0032] As shown in the drawings, Figure 3 The outer fixing ring 3 includes a lip protecting ring body 301, and the bottom of the lip protecting ring body 301 is integrally formed with a clamping groove 302 for cooperating with the clamping edge 102. The support body 1 is fixedly connected with the clamping edge 102 through the cooperation of the clamping groove 302. The cross section of the lip protecting ring body 301 is designed in an arc shape, forming an arc groove structure for contacting the lips of the patient, which can effectively reduce the compression feeling of the lips.
[0033] As shown in the drawings, Figure 3 The middle part of the tongue pressing frame 105 is designed in an upwardly arched arc shape, so that the tongue pressing sleeve 207 of the whole device presents an arc structure, which can better fit the tongue and effectively reduce the foreign body sensation.
[0034] Finally, it should be noted that the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not used to limit the protection scope of the present application. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A device for preventing oral bites, characterized in that, It includes a support body (1), a bite protection sleeve (2), and an outer fixing ring (3); The bite protection sleeve (2) is fitted onto the outer surface of the support body (1), and the support body (1) and the bite protection sleeve (2) are glued and fixed together. The outer fixing ring (3) is fastened to the outer edge of the front end of the support body (1), and a hanging ring (4) is fixed on both sides of the outer fixing ring (3), and an adjusting buckle (5) is fitted in the middle of each hanging ring (4).
2. The anti-oral bite device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The bite protection sleeve (2) is made entirely of medical-grade silicone. The support (1) is made entirely of either ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene or polycarbonate; The outer fixing ring (3) is made of polytetrafluoroethylene in one piece.
3. The anti-oral bite device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The support (1) is mainly composed of a support bowl (101) and a tongue depressor (105), which are integrally formed; The support bowl (101) has several ventilation holes (104). The tongue depressor (105) has an upward-arching curved design in the middle.
4. The anti-oral bite device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The support bowl (101) has an overall elliptical concave arc design, and the support bowl (101) has a C-shaped curved arc design when viewed from above. The rim of the support bowl (101) is integrally formed with a retaining edge (102) for cooperating with the outer fixing ring (3), and an engaging support ring (103) is integrally formed on the outer side of the support bowl (101) near the retaining edge (102).
5. The anti-oral bite device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The bite protection sleeve (2) includes a cover sleeve (201) and a tongue depressor sleeve (207), which are integrally formed. The tongue depressor sleeve (207) has an insertion hole (208) in the middle to accommodate the tongue depressor (105). The cover sleeve (201) has an adapter hole (206) in the middle corresponding to the vent hole (104).
6. The anti-oral bite device according to claim 5, characterized in that, The inner side of the cover sleeve (201) is integrally formed with an adapter groove (202) corresponding to the position of the bite support ring (103). The outer side of the cover sleeve (201) is integrally formed with a front stop (203) and a rear stop (204) near the bowl edge of the support bowl (101). The bite groove (205) is formed between the front stop (203) and the rear stop (204). The bite groove (205) is located between the bite support ring (103) and the locking edge (102).
7. The anti-oral bite device according to claim 5, characterized in that, The tongue depressor sleeve (207) has side wings (209) integrally formed on both sides of the middle part, and the bottom of the tongue depressor sleeve (207) has an inwardly concave arc design.
8. The anti-oral bite device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The outer fixing ring (3) includes a lip ring body (301), and the bottom of the lip ring body (301) is integrally formed with a groove (302) for cooperating with the lip edge (102).