CN219439658U - Snore relieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a snore relieving device, which is characterized by comprising an upper tooth socket, a lower tooth socket and an oropharynx support, wherein the upper tooth socket and the lower tooth socket respectively wrap upper and lower incisors and are in involution, and a plurality of vent holes are formed on the lip sides of the upper tooth socket and/or the lower tooth socket to avoid bad breath; the air-permeable grid is distributed on the oropharynx support, so that the effect of the oropharynx breather pipe is achieved for cases with hypertrophic tongue, and sleeping and anoxic conditions are improved better. The utility model has simple structure and good use effect.

Description

Snore relieving device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of medical appliances, in particular to a snore stopper.

Background

The pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAS) may be related to an increase in upper airway soft tissue collapse in the sleep state, and the snore blocker is a convenient and inexpensive feature as one of the options for most non-surgical patients. The existing snore stopper is mostly formed by assembling an upper dental sleeve, a lower dental sleeve and a connecting component, and forms forward traction to the lower jaw after being worn in an oral cavity, so that the glossoptosis is effectively lightened, the cross section area of a pharyngeal cavity is enlarged to increase ventilation volume, and the snore stopper has definite curative effects on light and medium OSAS patients or patients with operation contraindications. If the Chinese patent application number is 201920063905.1, a mandibular advancement snore-stopping device with intelligent automatic regulation is composed of a snore-stopping device body consisting of a maxillary part, a mandibular part and a mandibular advancement regulating device, wherein personalized customized upper tooth grooves and lower tooth grooves are respectively formed in the maxillary part and the mandibular part, and the mandibular advancement regulating device is provided with a miniature speed reducing motor, a battery, a PLC (programmable logic controller), a snore sensor, a body position sensor, an oronasal respiratory airflow sensor, a blood oxygen saturation sensor and a wireless communication device. The structure of the patent has the defects that in the snore-preventing device, the stress of the upper tooth socket and the lower tooth socket after the tooth row is mainly applied, the volume is larger, and the comfort is poor; the tooth is covered by the tooth sleeve, so that peculiar smell is easy to generate; for cases of hypertrophic tongue, simple mandibular advancement fails to ensure a sufficiently large pharyngeal cross-sectional area for ventilation, leaving room for improvement.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to solve the defects of the prior art and provides the snore stopper which has a simple structure, changes the main stress position of the tooth socket of the snore stopper and increases the ventilation area of the pharyngeal cavity.

The utility model adopts the following technical proposal to realize the aim: the snore relieving device is characterized by comprising an upper tooth socket, a lower tooth socket and an oropharynx support, wherein the upper tooth socket and the lower tooth socket respectively wrap upper and lower incisors and are combined, and a plurality of vent holes are formed in the lip sides of the upper tooth socket and/or the lower tooth socket to avoid bad breath; the air-permeable grid is distributed on the oropharynx support, so that the effect of the oropharynx breather pipe is achieved for cases with hypertrophic tongue, and sleeping and anoxic conditions are improved better.

As a further explanation of the scheme, the oropharyngeal bracket comprises an upper arc-shaped plate and a lower arc-shaped plate, and the end parts of the upper arc-shaped plate and the lower arc-shaped plate are connected into a whole to form an elastic bending structure, so that the oropharyngeal bracket has certain supporting degree and elasticity.

Further, the upper tooth socket and the lower tooth socket are provided with corresponding clamping positions and clamping grooves, and the clamping positions and the clamping grooves can be matched to achieve the effect of mandibular advancement.

Further, the clamping position is a bevel gear part arranged at the end part of the upper tooth socket, and the clamping groove is a tooth slot matched with the bevel gear part.

Further, the upper and lower tooth sockets respectively comprise a tooth socket outer layer and a tooth socket inner layer, the tooth socket outer layer is provided with a groove for accommodating the tooth socket inner layer, and the tooth socket inner layer is filled in the groove.

Further, the oropharynx support is an elastic body with certain supporting degree and elasticity, and the oropharynx support is connected with the inner side of the outer layer of the tooth socket.

Further, the outer layer of the tooth socket is a hard gel layer, and the inner layer of the tooth socket is of a heat-curing soft gel structure.

The beneficial effects achieved by adopting the technical proposal of the utility model are that.

The snore-preventing device consists of upper and lower tooth sleeves and an oropharynx support, wherein the upper and lower tooth sleeves are provided with corresponding clamping positions and clamping grooves, the clamping positions and the clamping grooves can be matched and are not easy to slip, the oropharynx support is soft rubber with certain supporting degree and elasticity, is in an elliptical arc shape, is provided with an upper distributed ventilation grid, increases the ventilation area of a pharyngeal cavity, and can display the effect of the oropharynx ventilation pipe for cases with hypertrophic tongue.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present utility model.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the upper shell and lower shell ratcheting structure.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the present utility model.

Reference numerals illustrate: 1. the tooth socket comprises an upper tooth socket 2, a lower tooth socket 3, an oropharynx support 3-1, an upper arc-shaped plate 3-2, a lower arc-shaped plate 4, a clamping position 5, a clamping groove 6, square vent holes 7, a ventilation grid 8, a tooth socket outer layer 8-1, a groove position 9 and a tooth socket inner layer.

Detailed Description

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, for the azimuth words such as "center", "lateral", "longitudinal", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc., the azimuth and positional relationships are based on the azimuth or positional relationships shown in the drawings, it is merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and it is not to be construed as limiting the specific scope of protection of the present utility model that the device or element referred to must have a specific azimuth configuration and operation.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features. Thus, the definition of "a first", "a second" feature may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features, and in the description of the utility model, "at least" means one or more, unless clearly specifically defined otherwise.

In the present utility model, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "assembled," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as being either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; or may be a mechanical connection; can be directly connected or connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the present utility model, unless specified and limited otherwise, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, as well as the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact with each other through additional features therebetween. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "below," and "above" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply representing the first feature as having a higher level than the second feature. The first feature being "above," "below," and "beneath" the second feature includes the first feature being directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is level below the second feature.

The following description of the specific embodiments of the present utility model is further provided with reference to the accompanying drawings, so that the technical scheme and the beneficial effects of the present utility model are more clear and definite. The embodiments described below are exemplary by referring to the drawings for the purpose of illustrating the utility model and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model.

As shown in fig. 1-4, the utility model relates to a snore stopper, which comprises an upper tooth socket 1, a lower tooth socket 2 and an oropharynx support 3, wherein the oropharynx support 3 comprises an upper arc plate 3-1 and a lower arc plate 3-2, and the ends of the upper arc plate and the lower arc plate are connected into a whole to form an elastic bending structure. The upper tooth socket and the lower tooth socket are respectively wrapped by the upper and lower incisors and are combined, so that the main stress position of the tooth socket of the snore stopper is changed, and the ventilation area of the pharyngeal cavity is increased. The upper and lower tooth sleeves are provided with corresponding clamping positions 4 and clamping grooves 5, and the clamping positions and the clamping grooves can be matched to realize the effect of mandibular advancement. In this embodiment, the clamping position is a bevel gear part arranged at the end part of the upper tooth socket, and the clamping groove is a tooth groove matched with the bevel gear part.

Three square vent holes 6 are arranged on the labial sides of the upper tooth socket and the lower tooth socket, so that bad breath is avoided; the oropharynx support is soft rubber with certain supporting degree and elasticity, is elliptical arc, and is provided with ventilation grids 7, so that the oropharynx support has an effect of an oropharynx vent pipe for cases of tongue hypertrophy, and sleep hypoxia is better improved.

Further, the upper and lower tooth sockets respectively comprise a tooth socket outer layer 8 and a tooth socket inner layer 9, the tooth socket outer layer is provided with a groove position 8-1 for accommodating the tooth socket inner layer, and the tooth socket inner layer is filled in the groove position. In this embodiment, the shell is a hard gum layer, and the shell inner layer is set to a thermally cured soft gum structure, so that the teeth can be stably supported on the shell inner layer.

Compared with the prior art, the snore stopper mainly comprises the upper tooth socket, the lower tooth socket and the oropharynx support, the main stress position of the tooth socket of the snore stopper is changed, the ventilation area of the pharyngeal cavity is increased, the effect of the oropharynx vent pipe can be displayed for the case of the hypertrophic tongue body, and meanwhile, the snore stopper has the upper clamping groove and the lower clamping groove, and is not easy to slip.

The foregoing is merely a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and it should be noted that modifications and improvements could be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present utility model.

Claims (7)

1. The snore relieving device is characterized by comprising an upper tooth socket, a lower tooth socket and an oropharynx support, wherein a ventilation grid is distributed on the oropharynx support; the upper tooth socket and the lower tooth socket are respectively wrapped by the upper and lower incisors and are combined, and a plurality of vent holes are formed on the labial side of the upper tooth socket and/or the lower tooth socket.

2. The snore stopper of claim 1, wherein the oropharyngeal bracket comprises an upper arcuate plate and a lower arcuate plate, the ends of the upper and lower arcuate plates being integrally connected to form an elastic bending structure.

3. The snore relieving device of claim 1, wherein the upper shell and the lower shell have corresponding detents and corresponding detents, the detents and detents engaging.

4. The snore stopper of claim 3, wherein the locking portion is a tapered portion provided at an end of the upper shell, and the locking groove is a tooth groove engaged with the tapered portion.

5. The snore relieving device of claim 1, wherein the upper and lower dental cases include a case outer layer and a case inner layer, respectively, the case outer layer is provided with a groove for accommodating the case inner layer, and the case inner layer is filled in the groove.

6. The snore stopper of claim 5, wherein the oropharyngeal bracket is an elastomer and the oropharyngeal bracket is attached to the inside of the shell.

7. The snore stopper of claim 5, wherein the shell is a hard gel layer and the shell is a thermally cured soft gel structure.