LOWER JAW MOTION RECORDING APPARATUS

PURPOSE:To write down the locus of the motion of the lower jaw observed through a transparent plate and recording paper on the recording paper as it is, by fixing the transparent plate having the recording paper set thereto by a fixing support means in front of the mouth of a patient at a definite p...

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Main Authors YAMAMOTO TADAHARU, NIIMURA MASAHIRO, YODA TETSUYA, WAKE FUJIO, TANAKA WAKEHIKO, TANAKA KUMIKO, ONO TOMIAKI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 30.01.1989
Subjects
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Summary:PURPOSE:To write down the locus of the motion of the lower jaw observed through a transparent plate and recording paper on the recording paper as it is, by fixing the transparent plate having the recording paper set thereto by a fixing support means in front of the mouth of a patient at a definite position in relation to the upper jaw so as to cover the motion region of the lower jaw of the patient. CONSTITUTION:A fixing support means 20 consists of the fixing band 21 mounted to the head of a patient in a headband state, the support arm 22 suspending from the forehead central part of the fixing band 21 in the mounted state to the vicinity of the front position of the upper lip of the patient so as to pass the front of the face along the bridge of the noise and a frame body 23 supporting the transparent plate 10 connected to the lower end of the support arm 22. The other end sides of a pair of bands 211, 211 and the upper end contact part 221 of the support arm 22 are brought into contact with the forehead of the patient and, to the part of the bands overlapped when the bands are wound around the head in a headband state, a pressure-sensitive tape 212 capable of simply engaging only when the bands of said part are overlapped is provided. By the fixing band 21 mounted to the head of the patient, the transparent plate positioned in front of the mouth of the patient is supported and fixed through the support arm 22.
Bibliography:Application Number: JP19870185243