SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING BRUXISM

A bruxism prevention system has a mouthpiece comprising a pressure sensor, an electrode, and an electrical stimulation generator. The bruxism prevention system also includes a controller configured to manage application of electrical stimulation to a user via the electrode in response to a pressure...

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Main Author Jones, John Joseph Anderson
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.10.2020
Subjects
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
ELECTROTHERAPY
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PROSTHESES
RADIATION THERAPY
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Summary:A bruxism prevention system has a mouthpiece comprising a pressure sensor, an electrode, and an electrical stimulation generator. The bruxism prevention system also includes a controller configured to manage application of electrical stimulation to a user via the electrode in response to a pressure sensed by the pressure sensor. A method of preventing bruxism includes disposing an electrode within a user's mouth, disposing a pressure sensor between the user's upper jaw and the user's lower jaw, disposing an electrical stimulation generator within the user's mouth, sensing a predetermined pressure, and applying electrical stimulation to the user's mouth via the electrode in response to the sensed predetermined pressure.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202016851025