KR20150014624A - Appliance for preventing snoring and bruxism by using tongue position raising - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a device for preventing snoring and teeth grinding which alleviates snoring and/or sleep apnea by supporting the bottom surface of the tongue and lifting the tongue upwards, and effectively prevents tooth damage caused by teeth grinding while sleeping. To this end, the device for preventing snoring and teeth grinding comprises: a tooth protector attached on the teeth of the lower jaw and preventing tooth damage; and tongue lifting bumps protruding from the tongue in the tooth protector and supporting the bottom surface of the tongue to alleviate snoring.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a snoring and anti-

More particularly, the present invention relates to a device for preventing snoring and snoring, and more particularly, to a snoring method for preventing snoring and / or sleep apnea during sleep by effectively using the tongue position elevation The present invention relates to a sleep assist device.

Snoring refers to respiratory noise caused by respiratory airflow during sleep, which is narrowed by various causes.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, it can be seen that the snoring is caused when the respiratory airflow during the sleep falls below the center of the study dog (10, a relatively soft back part in the mouth of the mouth) and the number of claws (Also referred to as spongy water), which is caused by vibrations in the surrounding tissues.

Sleep apnea is a frequent occurrence of respiratory arrest during sleep, which causes sleep disorders such as severe snoring and daytime sleepiness. Hypoxia induced during sleep due to sleep apnea may cause various cardiovascular complications.

There have been many studies on the causes and causes of the snoring and sleep apnea so far, and various studies have been reported. Most of the snoring and sleep apnea patients are from the nasal cavity to the larynx (40) (Upper Airway), which is a structure extending from the upper part to the upper part 50, has an anatomical abnormal symptom that becomes narrower in the surface of the water.

More specifically, when fat accumulates in the neck region due to obesity or the like, and tissues such as tongue (T) and tonsil are enlarged, space in the neck is reduced and the upper extremity is narrowed, causing snoring and sleep apnea .

In many cases, the above-described snoring or sleep apnea occurs in a person whose jaw is abnormally small or whose neck is short and thick. Also, when the function of the muscles around the pharynx 30 occurs, the snoring and sleep apnea occur even when the force of the airway expanding muscles of the pharynx 30 fails to overcome the sound pressure in the chest by the diaphragm. The most common cause of snoring and sleep apnea in children is tonsillar hypertrophy and adenoid hypertrophy.

If the sleep apnea persists for a long time, arrhythmia, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, left ventricular failure, lung disease (pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary heart, respiratory failure) may be induced. In addition, there is a report that the snoring can worsen or cause diabetes or glaucoma, and sexual problems such as erectile dysfunction may occur.

As described above, when snoring is severe, sleep apnea is accompanied by a serious problem such as causing chronic fatigue and deterioration of memory / concentration due to interruption of sufficient sleep, and furthermore, sleeping of the sleeping person is disturbed due to loud noises there is a problem.

The treatment methods of snoring and sleep apnea can be roughly divided into nonsurgical method and surgical method.

The non-surgical treatment methods include a method of sleeping sideways, a reduction of risk factors through weight loss, smoking cessation, smoking cessation, drug treatment, and prevention of tongue (T) And how to keep the pressure in the pharyngeal soft tissue constant by supplying airway pressure.

Next, the surgical treatment depends on the cause of the snoring, including nasal surgery (correction of nasal septum and lower turbinate hypertrophy), pharyngeal surgery (partial mastoidectomy of the mucosa of the tonsils and oropharynx, , High frequency thermal palatability), tongue reduction surgery, head and neck skeleton surgery (postmortem statement and hyoid scrotum, bilateral maxillary sinus).

For the non-surgical treatment methods described above, snoring prevention devices / devices and snoring prevention pillows corresponding to intraoral devices have been developed. However, in the case of oral devices installed in the oral cavity, In addition to the occurrence of a foreign body sensation due to the need to take water and sleep, it is difficult to use the tooth in the case of a patient having poor teeth or a toothless tooth, and in the case of other oral devices, a foreign body sensation is generated.

In order to treat sleep apnea, CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) is used to force air through the nose. However, not only is it expensive, but also the body of the electric appliance for injecting air is needed, A mask for covering the oral cavity and nose is required to be injected to induce sleeping. Therefore, there are limitations in the use of the device, such as hassle, resistance to others, and limited space use.

On the other hand, it is one of the sleeping pills which is caused not only by dental problems such as malocclusion but also by breathing behavior during sleep, posture during sleep, body iron, and psychological problems. It says. Sometimes it appears during the daytime, but most of the time during sleep.

Children usually appear in the age range of 7 to 10 years. They appear when they are sensitive and unstable. In adults, stress and other malocclusions such as malocclusion, drinking, genetics, taking certain medications and central nervous system disorders .

It is usually 2 to 10 times stronger than chewing food, so the tooth surface is worn out, the tissues around the teeth are damaged, and when you eat cold food, the teeth become irritated. In severe cases, the teeth may be shaken.

And when it gets wet during the sleep or when it is tightly closed, the muscles of both cheeks become chewy and headache complains, and the periodontal tissue is damaged, which makes it inconvenient to chew food, Or more.

Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0428746, October 16, 2006 Announcement Japanese Published Patent Application No. 2009-542377, published on December 3, 2009 U.S. Published Patent Application No. US 2012/0247485 A1, August 4, 2012 Published Korean Patent Application No. 10-2009-0102950, October 1, 2009

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and it is an object of the present invention to improve the snoring and / or sleep apnea by supporting the lower surface of the tongue and lifting the tongue upward, And an object of the present invention is to provide a snoring and an anti-gauding device capable of effectively preventing the snoring.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a snorkel and an anti-gauze device which is easy to wear and easy to remove because of a small foreign body feeling in achieving the above object.

In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a tooth protecting apparatus comprising: a tooth protecting body attached to a mandible and preventing tooth damage due to tooth contraction; And a tongue-like protrusion protruding from the lingual side of the tooth protector for supporting the bottom of the tongue for the purpose of improving the snoring.

The snoring and anti-gauding device according to the present invention has the following effects.

First, since the tongue support of the snoring and anti-gaunt preventing device according to the present invention lifts the tongue at the bottom of the tongue to secure the space of the upper surface, the ease of use is improved because it has less foreign body feeling and is easy to wear and remove.

Second, since the snoring and anti-gait prevention device according to the present invention is mounted on the mandible and supports the underside of the tongue in the lingual space of the mandible, the position of the snoring prevention mechanism is moved by the tongue in the lingual side space Lt; / RTI >

Third, the snoring and anti-deterioration mechanism according to the present invention is characterized in that a tooth protecting body for preventing tooth damage due to irritation is located on the occlusal surface of the molar and the cutting surface of the anterior portion, thereby effectively preventing teeth and periodontal damage .

1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a human oral structure.
2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the structure of the tongue in human oral structure in more detail.
3 is a front view showing a human oral structure.
4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of snoring and anti-discusing mechanism according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view schematically showing the state where the snoring and the anti-gaeb preventive mechanism of FIG. 4 is installed on the mandible.
6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line I-I in Fig.
Fig. 7 is a side view schematically showing a state in which the tongue is elevated by the snoring and anti-gauding mechanism of Fig. 4;
8 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the snoring and anti-gauding device according to the present invention.
9 (a) and 9 (b) are photographs of a flat reference image and a bottom reference image of the snoring and anti-gait mechanism of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a photograph of a plane view showing a state where the snoring and the anti-deterioration mechanism of the present invention is mounted on the mandible model M. FIG.
11 is a reference photograph showing a state where the snoring and anti-gait preventing device of the present invention is mounted on a patient's oral cavity model.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present embodiment, the same reference numerals and symbols are used for the same components, and additional description and overlapping description thereof will be omitted in the following.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 11. FIG.

4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the snoring and anti-gait preventing device according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the snoring and anti- Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line in Fig. 5, Fig. 7 is a side view schematically showing a state in which the tongue is elevated by the snoring and anti-gutting mechanism of Fig. 4, 8 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the snoring and anti-gauding device according to the present invention.

9 is a plan view and a bottom view photograph of the snoring and nasal decontamination mechanism of the present invention, and Fig. 10 is a plan view and a bottom view photograph of the snoring and anti- 11 is a reference photograph showing a state where the snoring and the anti-gauze device of the present invention is mounted on a patient's oral cavity model.

3 to 8, a snoring and anti-gait preventing device 100 according to the present invention includes a tooth protecting body 110 attached to a mandible and preventing tooth damage due to gingiva, And a tongue-like protrusion 120 protruding from the lingual side of the tooth protector 110 to support the bottom of the tongue.

At this time, the tongue lifting protrusions 120 protrude from the lingual side of the teeth protector 110 and are provided in the lingual area of the molar (molar) to support the tongue. In this embodiment, The shape of the elevation projection 120 is a triangular shape having a substantially dull end, but its shape is not limited thereto and can be variously changed.

That is, the tongue-like elevation protrusion 120 is arranged to protrude lingually to the posterior region in the oral cavity, particularly the lower dental arch (mandibular dental arch), and the tongue- (Hereinafter referred to as " shining ").

In other words, the tongue elevation protrusion 120 is configured to prevent the snoring by lifting the tongue base upward. The tongue elevation protrusion 120 includes a left elevation projection 121 provided in the lingual area of the left molar and a right elevation And a projection 122.

The left elevation projection 121 supports the left bottom surface (left tongue surface) during the tongue T1 based on an imaginary line passing through the midline of the tongue, that is, the tongue base T2 in the anteroposterior direction, (Right lower tongue) of the tongue (T1) with respect to the midline.

In other words, a portion (left tongue) located on the left side of the midline among the above described tongue T1 is elevated by the left elevation projection 121, and a portion located on the right side of the midline in the tongue T1 (The right tongue surface) is elevated by the right elevation projection 122. [

As a result, the tongue T is lifted up by the tongue elevating protrusion 120 while the tongue T1 is separated from the oral cavity 60 (mouth bottom) And the tongue T striking behind the neck can be prevented or improved.

In this embodiment, the tongue elevation protrusion 120 is provided at the back of the tongue, more specifically at the lingual area of the first molar and the second molar. However, when the tongue is at the rear end of the tongue, In the lingual area of the sixth molar, particularly in the lingual areas of the fifth to sixth molar teeth, in the fourth molar tooth among the mandibular molar teeth as shown in other embodiments.

On the other hand, it is preferable that the height of the tongue-like elevating protrusion 120 is less than the upper end of the mouth protecting portion 111 covering the molar. The tongue lifting protrusion 120 may protrude horizontally from the lingual side of the tooth protector 110 to the lingual side or may protrude upward toward the end and may be protruded upward to be approximately ' Shape, and the shape of the user's mouth structure, for example, the width of the mandibular arch, the width of the tongue, the length of the tongue, and the like, can be selected.

The upper surface of the lingual side of the teeth protecting body 110 covering the lingual side of the snoring and anti-detachment mechanism 100, that is, the lingual side of the lower teeth, is concave in the tooth direction so as to minimize the interference with the tongue By having the inclined shape, it is possible to minimize the foreign object due to the interference between the lingual slope and the tongue. In other words, a concave portion 113 is formed on the lingual side of the tooth protecting member 110 so as to minimize interference with the tongue. The concave portion 113 is formed along the teeth.

The dorsal surface of the teeth protector 110 may be inclined so that the lower portion becomes thicker than the upper portion, and may be referred to as a lipped surface.

The lingual frenulum T1 is also referred to as a tongue corrugated band and is a band-like wrinkle that connects the mucous membrane of the oral cavity 60 with the lingual surface T1, An airway can be ensured by lifting the tongue T by the tongue lifting projection 120 as a bottom of the tongue lifting projection 120. [

The tongue-like projections 120 are in contact with the upper side of the tongue-like projections 120. In this embodiment, the tongue-like projections 120 are formed in the mouth, particularly in the lingual area of the posterior teeth, As shown in Fig.

Meanwhile, the teeth protecting member 110 of the snoring and anti-gaiter device 100 according to the present invention is configured to include a posterior protecting portion 111 covering the occlusal surfaces of the left and right molar portions of the mandible.

At this time, the posterior protector 111 covers the occlusal surface of the posterior portion to prevent tooth damage due to tooth sticking. More specifically, the posterior protector 111 includes an upper lid 111a that covers the occlusal surface and has an occlusal surface of the posterior portion transferred to the bottom surface, and a sidewall 111b that covers the lingual side of the posterior portion. And a sidewall (not shown) for covering the buccal side of the molar. Therefore, the mouth of the molar can be exposed in a state not covered by the mouth protecting part or covered with the mouth protecting part, but it is preferable that the mouth side of the mouth part is exposed in order to reduce the foreign body sensation. A posterior groove is formed under the lid 111a. The tongue lifting protrusion 120 protrudes from the lid side wall 111b to support the bottom of the tongue.

The posterior protector 111 is composed of a left posterior protector and a protector protector.

Therefore, each of the left posterior protector and the right protector protector includes an upper lid 111a constituting an upper wall of a posterior groove into which the left posterior portion and the right posterior portion are fitted, and an upper lid 111a constituting a lid wall of the posterior groove, (111b). The molar groove has a shape in which the occlusal surface of the molar is transferred.

The tooth protecting member 110 includes a front protecting portion 112 integrally connected to the posterior protecting portion 111 and covering a cut surface of the left anterior portion and the right anterior portion of the mandible, The portion 112 has a pre-groove in which the lower anterior portion is inserted, and the pre-groove has a shape in which the cut surface of the anterior portion is transcribed. The posture protector 112 connects the left posterior protector 110 and the right protector protector 110 so that the protector body 110 follows the shape of the mandible. Maintains mandibular teeth.

For reference, in the above, the cutting face (or the incisal cutting face) of the anterior portion is a term called functionally distinguishing the occlusal face of the posterior portion from the posterior portion of the posterior tooth as the transposition is performed.

The thus configured snoring and anti-gait device 100 of the present invention improves snoring and / or sleep apnea by supporting the underside of the tongue of the user when worn and lifting the tongue upward.

In the snoring and anti-gaunt preventing device (100) of the present invention, the teeth protecting body (110) for preventing the tooth damage due to the tooth whorl is located on the occlusal surface of the molar and the cutting surface of the anterior portion, And the like can be effectively prevented.

Meanwhile, an example of a manufacturing process of the snoring and anti-gauze device 100 described in this embodiment will be described as follows.

First, the manufacturer prepares the oral model of the snoring patient, especially the model of the mandible (M).

Next, on the lingual side of the model M, a dental resin, for example, EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) for molding the snoring and anti-gut preventive device 100 of the present invention is placed on the teeth model .

At this time, the dental resin is coated so as to cover the occlusal surfaces of the left and right molar portions of the mandible, and to cover the cut surfaces of the left anterior portion and the right anterior portion of the mandibular dental arch. Especially, in the posterior portion of the mandible, (Ie, lingual side) while covering the occlusal surface. This is to minimize the size of the snoring and anti-gaunt preventing device 100 to reduce the foreign body sensation.

After the hardening of the dental resin is completed, the snoring and antiaging device 100 is separated from the model M and thereafter the surface treatment for the snoring and antiaging device 100, Appearance finishing work such as grinding may be additionally performed.

The snoring and anti-gait preventing device 100 according to the present invention having the above-described configuration can be removed from the daily life by eliminating wear and tear on the user's skin during daily life, It has the advantages that it can be easily applied because the foreign body feeling is minimized.

Meanwhile, the present invention may be designed / manufactured using CAD / CAM. In other words, the snoring and the anti-glare device according to the present invention may be designed on a computer after a 3D molding machine has been designed.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. It is self-evident to those who have knowledge of.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case in which the posterior protector 111 and the front protector 112 constituting the tooth protector 110 are integrally connected is exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to the integral structure. That is, only the posterior protector 111, which is separated from the right and left sides without the above-mentioned front protector 112, is provided, and the tongue-like protrusion 120 supporting the bottom of the tongue at the lingering side of the posterior protector 111 protrudes Of course.

Although it has been described above that the snoring and the anti-detachment mechanism 100 are configured to be located only in the dentition (i.e., lingual side) in the posterior portion in all the embodiments of the present invention, Of course.

Therefore, the above-described embodiments are to be considered as illustrative rather than restrictive, and the present invention is not limited to the above description, but may be modified within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

The present invention will have many technical needs from dentists and otolaryngologists, snoring and sleep apnea-related medical device manufacturers and sellers who perform snoring and sleep apnea treatment, and patients who need treatment of snoring and sleep apnea It is expected that this invention is highly industrially applicable in the field of medical and health care products.

100: snoring and antiaging device 110: tooth protection device
111: mouth protector 111a: upper cover
111b: lid side wall 112:
113: recess 120: tongue lift
121: Left elevation projection 122: Right elevation projection

Claims (10)

A tooth protector attached to the mandible and preventing tooth damage due to tooth contraction; And
And a tongue-like protrusion protruding from a lingual side of the tooth protector for supporting the bottom of the tongue for the purpose of improving the snoring. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the tongue-like elevation protrusion is provided on a proximal side of the tooth protector,
And the tongue is provided in the lingual area of the posterior portion to support the tongue. 3. The method of claim 2,
And the height of the tongue-like elevating protrusion is formed to be equal to or less than the upper end of the mouth protecting portion covering the molar. The method according to claim 2 or 3,
Characterized in that the upper part of the lingual side has a concave and inclined shape. The method according to claim 1,
The tooth protecting body comprises:
And a posterior protector for covering an occlusal surface of a left molar portion and a right molar portion of the mandible tooth. 6. The method of claim 5,
The tooth protecting body comprises:
Further comprising a posture protector integrally formed with the posterior protector and covering a cut surface of a left anterior portion and a right anterior portion of the mandible. The method according to claim 5 or 6,
Wherein,
Wherein the buccal side of the posterior portion is exposed. The method according to claim 5 or 6,
Wherein the posterior protector includes a left posterior protector for covering the left posterior part and a right protruding part for covering the right posterior part;
Wherein the tongue-like elevating protrusion is provided on a lingual side of the left posterior protector and a lingual side of the right protrusion, respectively. 9. The method of claim 8,
And the tongue elevation protrusion is provided in the lingual area of the sixth molar in the left and right fourth molars. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the transposition protector includes a transitional groove having a shape in which the anterior portion is fitted and the anterior portion is transferred.

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