TWM608733U - Braces component and measuring ruler matching with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A brace component mainly includes a lower jaw part, an upper jaw part and an adjustment part. The upper jaw part includes an upper jaw body and a plurality of upper jaw holding parts. The upper jaw holding parts extend from both ends of the upper jaw body to cover the molars. The lower jaw portion includes a lower jaw body, a plurality of lower jaw resisting portions and a plurality of positioning posts. The lower jaw resisting portion extends from both ends of the lower jaw body to cover the molars. The lower jaw resisting portion includes a lower jaw occlusal surface and a lower jaw outer surface. The positioning posts are respectively located on the outer surfaces of the plurality of lower jaws and extend toward the upper jaw. The adjusting part includes adjusting parts of different adjusting sizes and accommodating parts. The accommodating part can optionally accommodate one of the adjusting parts. When the lower jaw holding part is against the upper jaw holding part, one of the adjusting parts of the accommodating part is accommodated One end pushes against the positioning post to adjust the forward displacement distance of the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw.

Description

Braces components and measuring rulers used with them

A brace component, especially a brace component with anti-snoring function.

Snoring is a syndrome in which the airflow in the mouth and nose stops and the chest and abdomen breathing are present. Snoring can affect the rest of others and hinder daily life and interpersonal relationships. In addition, studies have pointed out that snoring is a potential factor for many diseases such as high blood pressure and arrhythmia. With the prevalence of high-oil, high-sugar, and high-calorie diets, coupled with environmental hormones, more and more obese people have led to the development of many diseases, including snoring, towards youth.

Common treatments for snoring include: tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy, wearing a positive pressure respirator, and orthognathic surgery. However, the aforementioned treatment methods are not well accepted by patients due to the following factors. For example, tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy is an invasive operation, orthognathic surgery will significantly change the face shape after treatment, and positive pressure respirators need to wear a respirator. .

Compared with the previous surgical treatment, the brace anti-snoring device is favored by patients and physicians because of its economical benefits and definite curative effect. The mode of action is to extend the patient's lower jaw relative to the upper jaw, so as to pull the suprahyoid muscles and the buccinoglossus muscles forward to prevent the air flow passage in the throat and pharynx from being blocked. However, the existing braces often have problems such as poor fixation of the upper and lower braces and easy to fall off from the mouth, excessive covering of the teeth leading to bacterial growth in the oral cavity, and inability to accurately adjust the protruding distance of the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw. The willingness to wear braces to prevent snoring is reduced.

In view of the above problems, the author provides a brace assembly. The brace assembly mainly includes a lower jaw part, an upper jaw part and an adjustment part. The upper jaw part includes an upper jaw body and a plurality of upper jaw holding parts, wherein the upper jaw body extends in the same direction from both ends of the upper jaw body to cover the molars of the user. Each upper jaw holding part includes the upper jaw occlusal surface and the upper jaw outer surface. The upper jaw The lateral surface is substantially perpendicular to the occlusal surface of the upper jaw. The lower jaw part includes a lower jaw body, a plurality of lower jaw resisting parts, and a plurality of positioning posts. The lower jaw resisting parts respectively extend in the same direction from both ends of the lower jaw body to cover the user's molars. Each lower jaw resisting part Including the occlusal surface of the lower jaw and the outer surface of the lower jaw, the outer surface of the lower jaw is substantially perpendicular to the lower jaw occlusal surface. The positioning posts are respectively located on the outer faces of the plurality of lower jaws and extend toward the upper jaw. When the lower jaw holding parts resist the upper jaw holding parts, the positioning posts are located on the sides of the outer faces of the upper jaw. The adjustment parts are respectively located on the outer side of the upper jaw. Each adjustment part includes a plurality of adjustment parts and a accommodating part, and each adjustment part has a different adjustment size. The accommodating part can selectively accommodate one of the adjustment parts and resist the lower jaw. When the upper jaw part is held against the upper jaw holding part, one end of the adjusting part accommodated in the accommodating part pushes against the positioning column to adjust the forward displacement distance of the lower jaw part relative to the upper jaw part.

In addition, another embodiment of the present creation provides a measuring ruler for determining the adjustment size of the aforementioned adjustment part. The measuring ruler mainly includes a base and a pusher. The base contains multiple scales. The pusher is located on the base. The pusher includes a main body and a retaining wall. The retaining wall is perpendicular to the main body. The upper front teeth of the user push against the retaining wall and drive the main body to move an effective distance along the arrangement direction of the measurement scales. The distance determines the adjustment size of the adjustment piece.

Through the mouthpiece assembly of the present invention, the user can selectively insert a suitable adjusting piece into the accommodating piece to adjust the forward displacement distance of the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw, and the adjustment can be made without using external tools. Furthermore, the brace component of the present invention does not need any metal elements to provide mechanical strength to fix the distance between the lower jaw and the upper jaw to move forward, so that the brace component is lightweight and can increase the comfort during wearing, and is not dependent on the user. Adjust and produce errors. In addition, the mouthpiece component of the present invention has the advantages of breathability, strong fixation, and not easy to fall off from the user's mouth. The measuring rule of this creation can accurately measure the effective distance of the forward displacement of the lower jaw relative to the upper jaw.

The detailed features and advantages of this creation will be described in detail in the following implementations. The content is sufficient to enable anyone familiar with the relevant art to understand the technical content of this creation and implement it accordingly, and based on the content disclosed in this specification, the scope of patent application and the drawings. , Anyone who is familiar with relevant skills can easily understand the purpose and advantages of this creation.

Specific examples are listed below to illustrate the content of this creation in detail, and the diagrams are used as an auxiliary description. The symbols mentioned in the description refer to the description of symbols.

It should be noted that the horizontal direction below refers to the direction parallel to the horizontal plane when the user is wearing the brace assembly 1 while standing on the ground, and the vertical direction refers to the direction perpendicular to the horizontal plane.

Please refer to FIG. 1, the mouthpiece assembly 1 mainly includes an upper jaw portion 11, a lower jaw portion 12 and an adjustment portion 13. Here, the upper jaw portion 11 and the lower jaw portion 12 are alveolar structures whose shapes respectively match the shapes of the user's upper jaw teeth and lower jaw teeth, so as to increase the comfort during wearing. Here, the mouthpiece assembly 1 can be mainly made of a biodegradable nylon material. In addition, the thickness of the upper jaw portion 11 and the lower jaw portion 12 is between 1 mm and 3 mm. Here, the thickness of the upper jaw 11 and the lower jaw 12 can be adjusted according to the degree of opening and closing of the user's mouth. When the opening and closing distance required by the user (the effective distance described later) increases, the upper jaw 11 and the lower jaw The thickness of the portion 12 also increases accordingly.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3. In some embodiments, the upper jaw portion 11 may mainly include an upper jaw body 111 and a plurality of upper jaw holding portions 112. The upper jaw holding portion 112 extends horizontally from both ends of the upper jaw body 111 to cover the molars of the user. Here, each upper jaw holding portion 112 mainly includes an upper jaw occlusal surface 1121 and an upper jaw outer surface 1122, and the upper jaw outer surface 1122 is substantially perpendicular to the upper jaw occlusal surface 1121. Here, the angle between the outer surface of the upper jaw 1122 and the upper jaw occlusal surface 1121 is determined by the user's tooth profile and the manufacturing process.

Please refer to FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper jaw body 111 has two sides substantially parallel to each other between the two ends, and the upper jaw holding portion 112 protrudes from the side of the upper jaw body 111 away from the lower jaw portion 12, that is, The width of the upper jaw holding portion 112 in the vertical direction is greater than the width of the upper jaw body 111. In this way, when the upper jaw holding portion 112 covers the user's molar teeth, it can provide good support strength, so that the upper jaw portion 11 can be firmly fitted to the user's upper jaw teeth without being easily deformed or falling off.

In this way, the weight of the brace assembly 1 can be reduced, the materials used for manufacturing can be reduced, and the comfort during wearing can be increased. In addition, when the user wears the brace assembly 1, the gums of the incisors and canines are not covered by the upper jaw body 111, which can prevent the breeding of oral bacteria.

Please refer to FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4, the lower jaw portion 12 may mainly include a lower jaw body 121, a plurality of lower jaw holding portions 122 and a plurality of positioning posts 123. The lower jaw resisting portion 122 extends from both ends of the lower jaw body 121 in the same horizontal direction to cover the molars of the user. Here, each chin resisting portion 122 mainly includes a lower jaw occlusal surface 1221 and a lower jaw lateral surface 1222. The lower jaw lateral surface 1222 is substantially perpendicular to the lower jaw occlusal surface 1221. Here, the angle between the lower jaw lateral surface 1222 and the lower jaw occlusal surface 1221 It depends on the user's tooth type and the manufacturing process. The lower jaw occlusal surface 1221 can contact the upper jaw occlusal surface 1121 during occlusion. The upper jaw occlusal surface 1121 and the lower jaw occlusal surface 1221 are substantially flat surfaces, which can reduce friction during occlusion and increase the service life of the brace assembly 1.

Please refer to FIGS. 3 and 4, there are two sides substantially parallel to each other between the two ends of the lower jaw body 121, and the lower jaw resisting portion 122 protrudes from both sides of the lower jaw body 121. In other words, the lower jaw resists The width of the portion 122 in the vertical direction is greater than the width of the upper jaw body 111. In this way, when the lower jaw resisting portion 122 covers the user’s molars, it provides good support strength. The lower jaw portion 12 can be firmly fitted to the user’s lower jaw teeth without being easily deformed or falling off, and the lower jaw resisting portion 122 can achieve The effect of is similar to that of the upper jaw holding portion 112, and will not be repeated here.

Please refer to FIGS. 3 and 4, where the vertical width of the upper jaw body 111 is smaller than that of the upper jaw holding portion 112, and the vertical width of the lower jaw body 121 is smaller than the design of the lower jaw resisting portion 122, so that the upper jaw body 111 and There is an air passage H between the lower jaw body 121, which serves as a vent for the user to breathe and ventilate. Therefore, patients with sinusitis or other diseases that cause nasal congestion and need to breathe through the mouth can ventilate through the vent. Wherein, the length of the gas channel H can be between 3mm and 5mm, preferably 4mm. The width of the gas channel H is designed to maintain the overall mechanical strength of the mouthpiece assembly 1, while leaving enough width for use. The person breathes.

Please refer to Figures 2, 3 and 4, the positioning post 123 is located on the outer side of the lower jaw 1222 and extends toward the upper jaw 11 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the lower jaw body 121. When the lower jaw resisting portion 122 resists the upper jaw retaining portion 112 , The positioning post 123 is located on the side of the outer surface 1122 of the upper jaw. Through the aforementioned design that the width of the lower jaw holding portion 122 is greater than the width of the upper jaw body 111, when the positioning post 123 positions the lower jaw 12 to extend relative to the upper jaw 11, the lower jaw 12 is not deformed due to the force of the positioning post 123, and thus It can be firmly assembled on the teeth of the user's lower jaw. The manner in which the positioning post 123 positions the lower jaw portion 12 to extend relative to the upper jaw portion 11 will be further described below in conjunction with the implementation of the adjustment portion 13.

Please refer to FIG. 2 again. The plurality of adjustment parts 13 are respectively located on the outer side surface of the upper jaw 1122. Each adjustment part 13 includes a plurality of adjustment parts 131 and a accommodating part 132. Each adjustment part 131 has a different adjustment size. The member 132 can optionally accommodate one of the adjusting members 131. When the lower jaw resisting portion 122 resists the upper jaw holding portion 112, one end of the adjusting member 131 accommodated in the receiving member 132 resists the positioning post 123 to adjust the lower jaw 12 The distance that the upper jaw 11 is displaced forward.

Here, the adjusting member 131 can mainly be composed of a base 1311 and a stop 1312, wherein the base 1311 is cylindrical, and the stop 1312 is connected to the base 1311 and protrudes from the outer edge of the base 1311, that is, at least a part of the stop 1312 has a larger width than the base 1311 The width. Here, the stopper 1312 and the base 1311 may be two independent elements, which are fixed together by gluing or screwing. The stopper 1312 and the base 1311 may also be integrally formed elements.

Please refer to FIG. 2 again, the accommodating member 132 is mainly composed of a plurality of protruding portions 1321 and a connecting portion 1322. The protruding portion 1321 extends outward from one of the outer lateral surfaces of the upper jaw 1122, and the connecting portion 1322 connects the two protruding portions The end of 1321 forms a channel 1320. When one end (base 1311) of the adjusting member 131 is inserted into the channel 1320, the stopper 1312 pushes the positioning post 123.

Please refer to FIG. 2, the accommodating members 132 of the adjusting portion 13 respectively accommodate the adjusting members 131 with different adjustment sizes. For example, a set of braces assembly 1 may preferably have three adjusting members 131 of different sizes, and each adjusting member 131 has a stop 1312 with a different length. The length of the stop 1312 may be, for example, 1 mm (as shown in FIG. 5). , 2mm (Figure 6) or 3mm (Figure 7), where the length of the stop 1312 is the adjustment size.

The user can choose to insert different adjusting members 131 into the accommodating member 132, and the stop 1312 pushes against the positioning post 123 so that the lower jaw 12 is displaced forward by 1 mm, 2 mm or 3 mm relative to the upper jaw 11. It can be seen from Figures 5 to 7 that the adjustment member 131 using the 1mm stop 1312 has a shorter distance between the lower jaw 12 and the upper jaw 11 than the adjustment member 131 using the 2mm stop 1312; while using 2mm For the adjusting member 131 of the stop 1312, the distance that the lower jaw 12 moves forward relative to the upper jaw 11 is shorter than the distance of the adjusting member 131 using the 3mm stop 1312.

In this way, the user can choose to insert the appropriate adjusting member 131 into the accommodating member 132 to adjust the forward displacement distance of the lower jaw portion 12 relative to the upper jaw portion 11, without limiting the length of the stop 1312 of the adjusting member 131 on both sides to be the same. It can be adjusted according to actual needs. In addition, it can be adjusted without using external tools. Furthermore, the mouthpiece assembly 1 of the present invention does not need any metal elements to provide mechanical strength to fix the forward displacement distance of the lower jaw portion 12 relative to the upper jaw portion 11, so that the mouthpiece assembly 1 is lightweight and can increase the comfort during wearing. The design of the adjustment piece 131 with different adjustment sizes will not cause errors due to manual adjustment.

It should be noted that although the above description is based on three different size adjustment pieces 131, this creation is not limited to this, and different numbers of adjustment pieces 131 can be set according to actual needs. In addition, although the length of each stop 1312 can be 1mm, 2mm or 3mm, the length of each stop 1312 is exemplified in the foregoing. However, the present invention does not limit the length of the stop 1312, and can be adjusted according to actual needs.

Please refer to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9. In some embodiments, the present creation further includes a measuring ruler 2 for determining the adjustment size of the aforementioned adjustment portion 13 (refer to FIG. 2 for the adjustment portion 13). When the lower jaw 12 (the lower jaw 12 is shown in FIG. 2) moves forward relative to the upper jaw 11 (the upper jaw 11 is shown in FIG. 2) to an effective distance that can treat snoring, the effective distance measurement scale 212 is recorded. Then, according to the effective distance, different sizes of adjusting pieces 131 are made (refer to the adjusting piece 131 shown in FIG. 2). The possible structure of the measuring ruler 2 is further explained as follows.

Referring to FIG. 8 to FIG. 10, the measuring ruler 2 is mainly composed of a base 21 and a pushing member 22. The base 21 mainly includes a sliding groove 211 and a plurality of measuring scales 212, wherein the sliding groove 211 extends along the long side direction of the base 21, and the plurality of measuring scales 212 are located on the surface of the base 21 and arranged along the long side direction of the base 21 .

Referring to FIG. 10, the pushing member 22 mainly includes a main body 221 and a retaining wall 222. The main body 221 is slidably disposed in the sliding groove 211. The retaining wall 222 is connected to one end of the body part 221 and is perpendicular to the body part 221. The user's lower front teeth push against the retaining wall 222 to drive the body portion 221 to move to the effective distance along the arrangement direction of the measuring scale 212, and the adjustment size of the adjustment portion 13 (refer to FIG. 2 for the adjustment portion 13) can be determined according to the effective distance.

Referring to FIG. 8 to FIG. 10, in some embodiments, the measuring ruler 2 may further include an engaging member 23, and the engaging member 23 is connected to one end of the base 21. Here, the thickness of the bite piece 23 is between 3mm and 5mm, so that the user can simulate the bite state during sleep when using it, and can accurately measure the effective distance of the lower jaw 12 relative to the upper jaw 11 forward displacement .

To sum up, in the mouthpiece assembly 1 of the present invention, the user can optionally insert a suitable adjusting member 131 into the accommodating member 132 to adjust the forward displacement distance of the lower jaw portion 12 relative to the upper jaw portion 11 without using external tools. Can be adjusted. Furthermore, the mouthpiece assembly 1 of the present invention does not require any metal elements to provide mechanical strength to fix the distance between the lower jaw portion 12 and the upper jaw portion 11 to move forward, so that the mouthpiece assembly 1 is lighter in weight and can increase the comfort during wearing. The error is caused by the user's self-adjustment. In addition, the mouthpiece assembly 1 of the present invention has the advantages of air permeability, strong fixation and not easy to fall off from the user's mouth. In addition, the measuring rule 2 of the present invention can accurately measure the effective distance of the forward displacement of the lower jaw 12 relative to the upper jaw 11.

Through the above detailed description, it can be fully demonstrated that the purpose and efficacy of this creation are progressive in implementation, have great industrial utility value, and are new creations that have not been seen on the market before, and fully meet the requirements of patents. Yan filed an application in accordance with the law. Although the technical content of this creation has been disclosed in a preferred embodiment as above, it is not intended to limit this creation. Anyone who is familiar with this technique, who does not deviate from the spirit of this creation, makes some changes and modifications, should be covered in this creation. Therefore, the scope of protection of this creation shall be subject to the scope of the attached patent application.

1: Braces components 11: Upper jaw 111: Upper jaw body 112: Upper jaw holding part 1121: Upper jaw occlusal surface 1122: outer side of upper jaw 12: Lower jaw 121: Lower jaw body 122: Jaw Resisting Part 1221: jaw occlusal surface 1222: Outer side of lower jaw 123: positioning column 13: Adjustment Department 131: adjustment parts 1311: base 1312: stop 132: Holder 1320: channel 1321: Projection 1322: connecting part 2: Measuring ruler 21: Pedestal 211: Sliding Groove 212: Measuring scale 22: Pushing pieces 221: body part 222: Retaining Wall 23: bite H: gas channel

[Figure 1] A three-dimensional schematic diagram of the braces component created for this creation (1). [Figure 2] An exploded schematic diagram of the braces components created for this creation. [Figure 3] A three-dimensional schematic diagram of the brace component created for this creation (2). [Figure 4] A schematic diagram of the use of the braces components created for this creation (1). [Figure 5] A schematic diagram of the use of the braces components created for this creation (2). [Figure 6] A schematic diagram of the use of the braces components created for this creation (3). [Figure 7] A schematic diagram of the use of the braces components created for this creation (4). [Figure 8] An exploded schematic diagram of the measuring rule created for this creation. [Figure 9] The top three-dimensional schematic diagram of the measuring rule created for this creation. [Figure 10] The bottom three-dimensional schematic diagram of the measuring rule created for this creation.

1: Braces components

11: Upper jaw

111: Upper jaw body

112: Upper jaw holding part

1121: Upper jaw occlusal surface

1122: outer side of upper jaw

12: Lower jaw

121: Lower jaw body

122: Jaw Resisting Part

1221: jaw occlusal surface

1222: Outer side of lower jaw

123: positioning column

13: Adjustment Department

131: adjustment parts

1311: base

1312: stop

132: Holder

1320: channel

1321: Projection

1322: connecting part

Claims (10)

A brace component, including: An upper jaw, which contains: An upper jaw body; and A plurality of upper jaw holding parts respectively extend in the same direction from both ends of the upper jaw body to cover the molars of the user. Each upper jaw holding part includes an upper jaw occlusal surface and an upper jaw outer surface. The upper jaw outer surface is substantially The upper is perpendicular to the occlusal surface of the upper jaw; The lower jaw contains: Lower jaw body A plurality of lower jaw resisting parts respectively extend from both ends of the lower jaw body in the same direction to cover the user’s molars. Each of the lower jaw resisting parts includes a lower jaw occlusal surface and an outer surface of the lower jaw. The side is substantially perpendicular to the occlusal surface of the mandible; and A plurality of positioning posts are respectively located on the outer surfaces of the lower jaws and extend toward the upper jaw. When the lower jaw holding parts resist the upper jaw holding parts, the positioning posts are located on the lateral sides of the outer surfaces of the upper jaws; as well as A plurality of adjustment parts are respectively located on the outer sides of the upper jaws, each of the adjustment parts includes a plurality of adjustment parts and a accommodating part, each of the adjustment parts has a different adjustment size, and the accommodating part can selectively accommodate one of them The adjusting member, when the lower jaw resisting portions resist the upper jaw retaining portions, one end of the adjusting member accommodated in the accommodating member pushes the positioning column, and adjusts the lower jaw portion to be forward relative to the upper jaw portion A distance of displacement. The mouthpiece assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of the accommodating parts includes a plurality of protrusions and a connecting portion, the protrusions extend outward from one of the outer faces of the upper jaw, and the connecting portion connects the protrusions To form a channel, and one end of the adjusting member is inserted into the channel. The mouthpiece assembly according to claim 1, wherein the lower jaw occlusal surfaces and the upper jaw occlusal surfaces are substantially flat. The mouthpiece assembly according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the lower jaw portion and the upper jaw portion is between 1 mm and 3 mm. The mouthpiece assembly according to claim 1, wherein the lower jaw holding parts protrude from both sides of the lower jaw body, and the upper jaw holding parts protrude from the side of the upper jaw body facing the lower jaw part. According to the mouthpiece assembly of claim 5, a gas passage is provided between the upper jaw body and the lower jaw body. The mouthpiece assembly according to claim 6, wherein the width of the gas passage is less than 4 mm. The dental mouthpiece assembly according to claim 1, wherein the accommodating members of the adjusting parts respectively accommodate the adjusting members of different adjustment sizes. A measuring ruler used to determine the adjustment size of the adjustment part as described in claim 1, comprising: A base containing multiple scales; and A pushing member is located on the base, the pushing member includes a body portion and a retaining wall, the retaining wall is perpendicular to the body portion, and the upper front teeth of the user push the retaining wall to drive the body portion along the amount The arrangement direction of the measuring scale is displaced by an effective distance, and the effective distance determines the adjustment size of the adjustment piece. The measuring ruler according to claim 9, further comprising an engaging piece connected to one end of the base, and the thickness of the engaging piece is between 3mm and 5mm.

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