ARTICULATING CONNECTOR FOR A MANDIBULAR REPOSITIONING ORAL APPLIANCE

• Main Author: WOO, STEPHEN Y.Y
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 22.07.2003
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DENTISTRY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

An articulating connector for a mandibular repositioning appliance comprises upper and lower housings each pivotally mounted on a pin and rotatable about the axis of the pin, to selectively permit movement of the mandible in the lateral direction. The pins are hingedly connected respectively to thre...