KR200439343Y1 - Snoring prevention apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a snoring prevention mechanism, and more particularly, an upper support having an upper frame supported on the upper teeth of the user, an upper support having an upper locking jaw protruding downward from the upper frame,

The present invention relates to a snoring prevention mechanism having a lower frame portion supported by a lower teeth of a user, and a lower support having a lower locking jaw projecting upwardly to be caught on the front surface of the upper locking jaw.

Upper support, lower support, upper locking jaw, lower locking jaw

Description

Snoring prevention apparatus

1 is a perspective view of a snoring mechanism according to the prior art.

Figure 2 is a view showing a state in which the snoring prevention mechanism of Figure 1 is installed on the user's teeth.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the snoring prevention mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention from the top side.

4 is a perspective view of the snoring prevention mechanism of FIG.

5 is a view showing a state in which the snoring prevention mechanism of FIG.

Figure 6 is a front view of the lower support of the snoring mechanism of Figure 3;

FIG. 7 is a VIII-VIII cross-sectional view of FIG. 6. FIG.

8 is a view showing a state in which the snoring prevention mechanism according to another embodiment according to the present invention is installed in the tooth of the user.

9 is a view showing a state in which the snoring prevention mechanism according to another embodiment according to the present invention is installed in the tooth of the user.

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1. Snoring device 10 ... Upper support

11 ... upper frame 12 ... groove

13 ... upper locking jaw 14 ... lower extension part

15 ... Lower release prevention part 16 ... Upper contact plate

17. Upper locking jaw body 20 ... Lower support

21 ... underframe 22 ... groove

23. Lower locking jaw 24 ... Upper extension part

25 ... Upward prevention part 26 ... Lower contact phone

27. Lower locking jaw body

The present invention relates to a snoring prevention mechanism, and more particularly to a snoring prevention mechanism to prevent a snoring occurring during sleep to take a good night's sleep.

Typically, snoring is a symptom that occurs when the air passes through the air before it enters the airways and narrows the throat, making it difficult for the air to enter. When we breathe, the air passes through soft parts of the human body, such as the palate, neck, tonsils, tongue, etc. During the day, the surrounding muscles help keep these parts in place and block the air passages, making them almost no sound. However, during sleep, muscles relax and stretch, so the air passages are partially narrowed, causing the snoring to vibrate the surrounding soft tissues as the air passes through them.

On the other hand, the very severe form of snoring patients may temporarily block the air passages due to severe muscle relaxation during sleep or severe obesity, and at this time, air may not flow to the lungs at all. This is called obstructive sleep apnea.

If this condition persists, the lungs will not get fresh air, so the brain that senses it will wake up our body and contract the muscles to open the air passages again. It is only at this time that the patient breathes once more and resumes breathing. If this happens repeatedly every night, it can cause severe drowsiness and fatigue during the day, often causing traffic accidents. Prolonged abnormalities can also increase the burden on the heart and lungs, leading to serious complications such as hypertension, arrhythmia, and myocardial infarction.

In order to treat such sleep apnea, nasal surgery, pharyngeal laser surgery, snoring pillows, and mouth bites are used.

First, nasal surgery and pharyngeal laser surgery may improve temporary snoring, but the symptoms improved after surgery have a disadvantage that may worsen over time.

Snoring pillows have the advantage of not requiring surgery, but often have a disadvantage in that they do not function properly because they are often displaced from their original position during sleep.

The mouth biting device is a device that prevents snoring by pulling the lower jaw with the device sandwiched between them. Using this instrument, the lower jaw pulls the gap between the soft palate and its associated throat, tongue root, and tonsils, making the air passages much wider, and the air inhaled for breathing during sleep by the enlarged airways. Is to pass freely while avoiding parts such as throat, tongue root, tonsils, etc. to completely block the vibration of the soft palate and tonsils due to the passage of air.

Such a mouth-to-sleep device does not require any surgery and has been widely used in recent years because it keeps the airway expanded while sleeping. There is a Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2006-0089860 as a mechanism related to the sleep and sleep mechanism.

The snoring prevention mechanism 100 forms the shape of a mouthpiece, and forms a toothing plate 101 on which upper and lower teeth 50 and lower teeth 60 can be fitted on the upper and lower surfaces of one mechanism. Inserting the lower teeth 60 into the foreign matter plate 101 allows the lower jaw to be naturally pulled forward to widen the airway.

However, the snoring prevention mechanism according to the prior art has to maintain the sleep state for several hours while the upper and lower teeth are fixed to the snoring prevention mechanism, it is not natural to maintain this posture to the user Rejection.

In particular, users who sleep in such an unnatural posture have a problem that they are not always refreshed even in the morning and tired and sleepy due to the stress received during sleep.

The present invention has been devised to solve this problem, and provides a snoring prevention mechanism that not only prevents snoring as a simple mechanism, but also allows upper and lower teeth to move together during sleep, thereby inducing natural sleep. For that purpose.

Anti-snoring mechanism of the present invention for achieving the above object is the upper frame portion supported on the upper teeth of the user, the upper support having an upper locking jaw protruding downward from the upper frame portion,

And a lower support having a lower frame portion supported by the lower teeth of the user, and a lower locking jaw projecting upwardly to be caught on the front surface of the upper locking jaw.

The snoring prevention mechanism has an upper engaging jaw, a downward extension extending downward and an upward departure prevention portion extending forward from the lower end of the downward extension,

The lower locking jaw, the upper extension extending upward and the rear extension extending from the upper end of the upper extension protrudes to catch the upper surface of the upper release preventing portion of the upper locking jaw by the gap between the upper support and the lower support It is preferable to have a downward departure prevention part which prevents opening.

The upper snoring prevention mechanism is coupled to the upper escape prevention portion projecting forward with respect to the upper locking jaw in the lower end of the upper jaw,

The upper end of the lower catching jaw is projected to the rear with respect to the lower catching jaw is preferably coupled to the lower escape preventing portion to prevent the gap between the upper support and the lower support to be caught by the upper release preventing portion.

In the snoring prevention mechanism, the front surface of the upper locking jaw is inclined forward toward downward,

The rear side of the lower locking jaw is inclined backward toward the upper side, so that the front surface of the upper locking jaw is caught on the rear side of the lower locking jaw to prevent the gap between the upper support and the lower support.

The upper jaw in the snoring mechanism,

It consists of an upper locking jaw body portion extending integrally downward from the upper frame, and an upper contact plate attached to the front surface of the upper locking jaw body portion,

The lower locking jaw,

It is preferable that the lower locking jaw body portion extending integrally upward from the lower frame, and the lower contact plate attached to the back of the lower locking jaw body portion.

In the snoring mechanism, the contact plate is preferably made of a metal material.

In the snoring prevention mechanism, the upper frame is formed with a groove for accommodating the upper teeth,

Preferably, the lower frame is provided with a groove portion for accommodating the lower teeth.

In the snoring mechanism, a plurality of grooves of the upper frame may be provided to accommodate all of the upper teeth, and a plurality of grooves of the lower frame may be provided to accommodate all of the lower teeth.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a perspective view of the snoring prevention mechanism according to the present embodiment as seen from the upper side, Figure 4 is a perspective view of the snoring prevention mechanism of Figure 3 from the bottom side, Figure 5 is a snoring prevention mechanism of FIG. 6 is a front view of the lower support of the snoring mechanism of FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 is a VIII-VIII cross-sectional view of FIG. 6.

In the specification of the present invention, "forward" refers to the direction from the molars to the front teeth, "rear" refers to the opposite direction of the "forward", and "upper" means the upper teeth corresponding to the lower teeth from any one of the lower teeth ( For example, it refers to the direction from the front teeth of the upper teeth to the front teeth of the lower teeth, and "down" refers to the opposite direction of the "upper", and unless otherwise defined, the terms follow the above definition.

Snoring prevention mechanism 1 according to the present embodiment is composed of the upper support 10 and the lower support (20).

The upper support 10 is composed of an upper frame 11 and the upper locking jaw (13).

The upper frame 11 is provided with a groove portion 12 for accommodating the upper teeth 30 to the upper surface side. At this time, the groove portion 12 is manufactured to have a shape corresponding to the outer shape of the upper teeth 30 so as to be supported by the upper teeth 30 of the user when fitted to the upper teeth 30. As the upper teeth 30 are fitted into the grooves 12 of the upper frame 11, the upper frame 11 is supported by the upper teeth 30 of the user. At this time, the upper frame 11 is preferably made of a synthetic material such as acrylic resin.

The upper locking jaw 13 is formed integrally with the lower surface side of the upper frame 11, the upper locking jaw 13 protrudes downward from the upper frame (11). The upper catching jaw 13 includes a lower extension part 14 and a downward departure prevention part 15.

The lower extension part 14 extends downward from the upper frame 11, and the downward departure preventing part 15 extends forward from the lower end of the lower extension part 14 and protrudes.

The lower support 20 is composed of a lower frame 21 and the lower locking jaw (23).

The lower frame 21 is provided with a groove portion 22 for accommodating the lower teeth 31 to the lower surface side thereof. At this time, the groove portion 22 is manufactured to have a shape corresponding to the outer shape of the lower teeth 31 to be supported by the lower teeth 31 of the user when fitted to the lower teeth 31. At this time, the lower frame 21 is preferably made of the same material as the upper frame (11).

On the other hand, the grooves 12 and 22 provided in the upper frame 11 and the lower frame 21 may be provided with a single groove portion to be fixed to any one of the upper teeth 30 or the lower teeth 31. In addition, a plurality of grooves 12 and 22 may be formed to fix the plurality of upper teeth 30 or the lower teeth 31. In addition, a plurality of upper supporters 10 and lower supporters 20 may be provided to accommodate all the upper teeth 30 and the lower teeth 31, respectively. This embodiment describes an example in which a plurality of grooves 12 and 22 are provided to accommodate all the upper needles 30 and the lower needles 31.

The lower locking jaw 23 is integrally formed on the upper surface side of the lower frame 21, and the lower locking jaw 23 protrudes upward from the lower frame 21. The lower frame 21 includes an upward extension part 24 and an upward departure preventing part 25.

The upper extension part 24 extends downward from the lower frame 21. The upward departure preventing part 25 extends rearward from the upper end of the upper extension part 24 to protrude. Accordingly, when the user takes a sleep, when the upper teeth 30 and the lower teeth 31 are moved in a direction close to each other, the lower locking jaw 23 on the upper surface of the downward departure prevention portion 15 of the upper locking jaw 13 By the rear of the upper departure preventing portion 25 of the latch, it prevents the gap between the upper support 10 and the lower support 20 to be opened.

Hereinafter, the effect of the snoring prevention mechanism according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.

The user inserts the upper support 10 into the upper teeth 30 before sleep, and the lower support 20 into the lower teeth 31. Specifically, the upper teeth 30 corresponding to the shape of the grooves 12 are inserted into the grooves 12 provided on the upper side of the upper support 10, and the grooves 12 provided on the lower side of the lower support 20. The lower teeth 31 corresponding to the shape of the groove portion 12 are inserted in the.

Thereafter, the lower jaw 32 is pulled forward, so that the rear surface of the lower locking jaw 23 of the lower support 20 can be caught on the front surface of the upper support 10. Along with this, the upper surface of the upper release preventing portion 25 of the lower support 20 and the rear surface of the lower release preventing portion 15 of the upper support 10 may face each other.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the upper catching jaw 13 and the lower catching jaw 23 are fitted to each other, the lower teeth 32 do not retreat back by the upper catching jaw 13 located at the rear and the lower jaw 32 ) Will stay in front of the original lower teeth. In this way, when the lower jaw 32 is pulled forward, the airway is widened so that the air sucked for breathing during sleep does not get caught in the area such as the neck, tongue root, tonsil, etc. .

In the prior art, since both the upper teeth 30 and the lower teeth 31 are fixed to prevent snoring movement by the snoring mechanism 1, it is not comfortable to use the snoring mechanism for a long time. On the contrary, the snoring prevention mechanism 1 according to the present embodiment only suppresses the movement of the lower jaw 32 to the rear, and allows the left and right to move left and right to move the lower teeth to the left and right positions where the user feels comfortable. It is possible to let. Accordingly, discomfort caused by fixing the upper teeth 30 or the lower teeth 31 during prolonged sleep is minimized.

In addition, in the conventional snoring mechanism (1) when waking up in the water for a while to drink or talk, the snoring prevention mechanism (1) had to peel off from the upper teeth (30) or lower teeth (31), After work, it was troublesome to use the snoring prevention mechanism (1) to fix the upper teeth (30) and lower teeth (31).

However, in this embodiment, in order to release the catch of the upper catching jaw 13 and the lower catching jaw 23, first, the lower catching jaw 23 hanging on the rear of the upper catching jaw 13 is slightly moved forward. The upper release preventing portion 25 and the lower release preventing portion 15 to be separated from each other in the vertical direction. Subsequently, the lower jaw 32 is lowered to release the coupling between the upper escape preventing part 25 and the lower escape preventing part 15. As such, after releasing the fitting of the upper locking jaw 13 and the lower locking jaw 23, the lower jaw 32 can be freely moved. Thereafter, after performing a simple work, the user may simply fit the upper locking jaw 13 and the lower locking jaw 23 by moving the lower jaw 32 in the reverse order. In this way, the fitting and release can be easily repeated only by moving the front and rear of the lower jaw 32, which is quite easy to use.

The snoring mechanism according to the present invention is also possible other embodiments modified as follows.

First, in the snoring prevention mechanism according to the present invention, it is also possible to consider fixing the detachable upper and lower detachable portions forming the upper and lower jaws by the fixing means such as screws detachably.

In addition, in the snoring mechanism, the upper catching jaw and the lower catching jaw may be considered to consist of only the upper extension and the lower extension without the upper escape prevention portion and the lower escape prevention portion. This is a simple form of the above-described embodiment, there is an upper departure prevention portion and a lower departure prevention portion has the advantage that the upper teeth and the lower teeth can freely move in the vertical direction as well as the left and right directions to each other.

Second, it may also be considered that the upper engaging jaw 13 and the lower engaging jaw 23 of the snoring prevention mechanism according to the present invention are engaged with each other by inclined surfaces. 8 shows the upper locking jaw 13 and the lower locking jaw 23 having the inclined inclined surface. At this time, the front surface of the upper locking jaw 13 is inclined forward toward the lower side. The upper surface of the lower locking jaw 23 is inclined backward toward the upper side so that the front surface of the upper locking jaw 13 can be caught on the rear surface of the lower locking jaw 23. Accordingly, the gap between the upper support 10 and the lower support 20 is prevented from opening each other, thereby suppressing the movement of the lower support in the vertical direction. In addition, since the rear surface of the lower locking jaw 23 is caught on the front surface of the upper locking jaw 13, the lower support 20 is suppressed from moving backward. Therefore, since the lower jaw 32 is fixed in a state that protrudes more forward than before, the airway is kept open and snoring is prevented.

Third, it is also possible to include a contact plate in the upper catching jaw and the lower catching jaw in the snoring prevention mechanism according to the present invention. 9 shows the upper catching jaw 13 and the lower catching jaw 23 on which the upper contact plate 16 and the lower contact plate 26 are padded. At this time, the upper locking jaw 13 includes an upper locking jaw body 17 and the upper contact plate 16, the lower locking jaw 23 is the lower locking jaw body 27 and the lower contact plate 26 Include.

The upper locking jaw main body 17 is integrally extended downward from the upper frame 11, the upper contact plate 16 is attached to the front surface of the upper locking jaw main body 17.

The lower locking jaw body 27 extends upwardly from the lower frame 21 and the lower contact plate 26 is attached to the rear surface of the lower locking jaw body 27. On the other hand, the upper contact plate 16 and the lower contact plate 26 is preferably made of a metal material, any material can be any solid and high wear.

The snoring prevention mechanism 1 of the present embodiment having such a configuration is such that the lower contact plate 26 of the lower locking jaw 23 contacts the upper contact plate 16 of the upper locking jaw 13. Accordingly, there is an advantage that can be used for a long time snoring prevention mechanism (1).

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to embodiments and various modifications, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments and modifications, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Can be.

According to the snoring prevention mechanism of the present invention described above, not only can the snoring be prevented as a simple mechanism, but also has the effect of allowing the jaw to be easily adapted.

Claims (8)

An upper support having an upper frame portion supported on the upper teeth of the user, an upper locking jaw projecting downwardly from the upper frame portion, A lower support having a lower frame portion supported by the lower teeth of the user and a lower locking projection protruding upward to be caught on the front surface of the upper locking jaw, The front surface of the upper locking jaw is inclined forward toward downward, The rear side of the lower locking jaw is inclined backward toward the upper side so that the front surface of the upper locking jaw is caught on the back of the lower locking jaw to prevent the gap between the upper support and the lower support from being widened. This prevention mechanism. delete delete delete delete delete The method of claim 1, The upper support is formed with a groove for accommodating the upper teeth, Snoring mechanism, characterized in that the lower support is formed with a groove for accommodating the lower teeth. The method of claim 7, wherein The groove portion of the upper support is provided with a plurality of to accommodate all the upper teeth, the groove portion of the lower support is snoring mechanism characterized in that a plurality is provided to accommodate all the lower teeth.

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